Mainland
The Orkney Islands are an archipelago of over 70 islands some 10 miles off the north tip of mainland Scotland. They've been settled since the Neolithic period and have a remarkable collection of standing stones, early settlements and burial cairns, inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
- Island
- …has 17,200 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 39 feet (12 metres)
- Description: main island of the Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
- Also known as“Hrossey”“Isle of Pomona”“Mainland, Orkney”“Megenland”“Pomona”“Pomonia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ring of Brodgar and Unstan Chambered Cairn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cairston and Stenness.
Cairston
Locality
Mainland
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Latitude
59° north
Longitude
-3.25° or 3° 15′ west
Open location code
9CFR2Q22+22
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Western Panjabi—“Mainland” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Mainland”
- Cebuano: “Mainland (pulo sa Hiniusang Gingharian, Scotland, Orkney Islands)”
- Cebuano: “Mainland”
- Chinese: “梅恩兰岛”
- Chinese: “梅恩蘭島”
- Czech: “Mainland”
- Danish: “Mainland (Orkney)”
- Danish: “Mainland”
- Dutch: “Mainland”
- Esperanto: “Ĉefinsulo de Orkadoj”
- Esperanto: “Ĉeforkado”
- Esperanto: “Mainland”
- Estonian: “Mainland”
- Faroese: “Mainland, Orknoyar”
- Faroese: “Mainland”
- Finnish: “Mainland”
- French: “Mainland”
- Galician: “Mainland, Orkney”
- German: “Mainland”
- Greek: “Μέινλαντ Ορκάδων”
- Greek: “Μέινλαντ”
- Guarani: “Mainland”
- Guarani: “Mainlánda”
- Hebrew: “מיינלנד”
- Italian: “Mainland”
- Italian: “Pomona”
- Japanese: “メインランド島”
- Korean: “메인랜드”
- Latin: “Pomona”
- Lower Sorbian: “Mainland”
- Northern Frisian: “Mainland”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mainland”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mainland i Orknøyane”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Orkney Mainland”
- Norwegian: “Mainland”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Rosseg”
- Polish: “Mainland”
- Russian: “Мейнленд”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Mòr-thìr (Arcaibh)”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Mòr-thìr, Arcaibh”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Mòr-thìr”
- Serbian: “Мејнленд”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Mainland”
- Slovak: “Mainland”
- Slovenian: “Mainland”
- Spanish: “Mainland”
- Swedish: “Mainland, Orkneyöarna”
- Swedish: “Mainland”
- Swedish: “The Mainland”
- Turkish: “Mainland, Orkney”
- Ukrainian: “Мейнленд”
- Welsh: “Mainland”
- Welsh: “Tir Mawr, Ynysoedd Erch”
- Welsh: “Tir Mawr”
- Western Panjabi: “مینلینڈ، اورکنے”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Loch of Stenness and Ring of Brodgar.
Orkney Islands: Highlights
Notable places include Kirkwall and Stromness.
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