Mirkady Point
Mirkady Point is a point in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Mirkady Point is situated nearby to the locality The Ness, as well as near the village Tankerness.Photo: Ian Balcombe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Braebuster and Dingy’s Howe, broch, Upper Sanday.
Dingy’s Howe, broch, Upper Sanday
Archaeological site
Photo: s allison, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Dingy’s Howe, broch, Upper Sanday is an archaeological site, which is situated 2½ miles south of Mirkady Point.
Loch of Tankerness
Photo: Adam Ward, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Loch of Tankerness is a large, lowland, freshwater loch on the Orkney mainland in Scotland. The loch is roughly triangular in shape and is shallow with a flat bottom that gradually deepens from west to east. It lies approximately 4 mi southeast of Kirkwall. Loch of Tankerness is situated 2 miles northwest of Mirkady Point.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tankerness and St Andrews.
Tankerness
Village
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Tankerness is a district in the St Andrews parish in Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. Essentially a peninsula, it is about 13 kilometres south-east of Kirkwall and 1 kilometre east of Kirkwall Airport. Tankerness is situated 2 miles west of Mirkady Point.
St Andrews
Locality
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St Andrews is a parish on Mainland, Orkney in Scotland. It is located east of the town of Kirkwall and the parish of St Ola and lies north of Holm and west of Deerness. St Andrews is situated 2½ miles west of Mirkady Point.
Mirkady Point
- Type: Point
- Description: point in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
- Category: landform
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Mirkady Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Mirkady Point”
- Swedish: “Mirkady Point”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as The Ness and Toab.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Bay of Suckquoy and Oyster Skerries.
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