Mainland

The Orkney Islands are an archipelago of over 70 islands some 10 miles off the north tip of mainland . 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.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: main island of the Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Hrossey”, “Isle of Pomona”, “Mainland, Orkney”, “Megenland”, “Pomona”, and “Pomonia”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Ring of Brodgar and Unstan Chambered Cairn.

Heath
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The is a Neolithic henge and stone circle about 6 miles north-east of on Mainland, the largest island in , Scotland. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the Heart of Neolithic Orkney.

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Unstan is a Neolithic chambered cairn located about 2 mi north-east of on Mainland, Orkney, . The tomb was built on a promontory that extends into the near the settlement of Howe.

Protected area
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The is a Neolithic-era archaeological site covering 2.5 hectares located between the and the Stones of Stenness in the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cairston and Stenness.

Locality
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is a village on Mainland, in , Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of . Within the village is located the Castle of which is said to have belonged to the House of Gordons, and may have been built in 1152, as contested in a Saga. is situated 1½ miles southwest of Mainland.

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is a small, scattered village in the , Scotland, on the A965 main road between Kirkwall and Stromness. It has several UNESCO World Heritage Listed neolithic sights: the Stones, Maeshowe and Ring of Brodgar, with Skara Brae a few miles further north.

Locality
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is a locality, which is situated 2½ miles south of Mainland.

Mainland

Latitude
59° north
Longitude
-3.25° or 3° 15′ west
Population
17,200
Elevation
39 feet (12 metres)
Open location code
9CFR2Q22+22
Geo­Names ID
2643176
Wiki­data ID
Q148749
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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”
  • 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.

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