The Ness
The Ness is a locality in Orkney Islands, Scotland. The Ness is situated nearby to the locality Coplands Dock, as well as near Grieveship West.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: cape near Stromness, Mainland, Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Point of Ness”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Stromness Museum and Outer Holm.
Stromness Museum
Museum
Stromness Museum is a small independent museum in the town of Stromness in Orkney, Scotland focusing on the town's connections to maritime and natural history.
Inner Holm
Islet
Photo: W. L. Tarbert, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Inner Holm is a small inhabited island in Stromness harbour and one of the Orkney islands of Scotland. It is about 350 metres east of the harbour front of Stromness but it is connected to the Orkney Mainland shore at low tide on the opposite side of the bay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stromness and Bu‘ Point.
Stromness
Stromness is a port on the Mainland of the Orkney Islands, with a population of roughly 2200. To the Vikings, Straumsnes meant the headland just south, where a fierce tide rips between Scapa Flow and the Atlantic; get past that and you came safely into Hamnavoe or "peaceful harbour" where the town now stands.
Cairston
Locality
Photo: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cairston is a village on Mainland, in Orkney, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Stromness. Cairston is situated 2 miles north of The Ness.
The Ness
- Category: cape
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.95238° or 58° 57′ 9″ northLongitude
-3.29428° or 3° 17′ 39″ westOpen location code
9CCRXP24+X7OpenStreetMap ID
node 1467939389OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
2641802Wikidata ID
Q24639740
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“The Ness” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “The Ness”
- Swedish: “The Ness (udde i Storbritannien, Skottland, Orkneyöarna, lat 58,95, long -3,29)”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ness and Coplands Dock.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Volunteers’ battery and Seatricity Ltd.
Orkney Islands: Must-Visit Destinations
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