Lyness
Lyness is a village on the east coast of the island of Hoy, Orkney, Scotland. The village is within the parish of Walls and Flotta, and is situated at the junction of the B9047 and B9048.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Royal Naval Cemetery, Lyness, Hoy and Scapa Flow Museum.
Royal Naval Cemetery, Lyness, Hoy
Memorial
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Royal Naval Cemetery, Lyness, Hoy is a memorial.
Scapa Flow Museum
Museum
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Scapa Flow Museum is a war museum in Lyness on the Island of Hoy, Orkney, Scotland. Housed within a refurbished Romney hut and oil fuel pump house at the former Lyness royal naval base HMS Proserpine, the museum charts the history of Orkney's involvement in World War I and World War II.
Fara
Island
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Fara is a small island in Orkney, Scotland, lying in Scapa Flow between the islands of Flotta and Hoy. It has been uninhabited since the 1960s. The island’s name is used as a house name at Stromness Primary School, the other houses being Cava, Rysa, and Switha… Fara is situated 1½ miles northeast of Lyness.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Longhope and Point of Hackness.
Longhope
Village
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Longhope is a coastal settlement on the island of South Walls, in Orkney, Scotland. South Walls is linked to Hoy by causeway; Longhope is the largest settlement on the two islands. The settlement is situated on the B9047, the main road on Hoy and South Walls. Longhope is situated 2½ miles south of Lyness.
Point of Hackness
Locality
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Point of Hackness is a locality, which is situated 2½ miles southeast of Lyness.
Whome
Village
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Whome is the largest settlement on the Orkney island of Flotta, Scotland. The village is situated on the B9046, the main road across Flotta. Views from Whome look across Pan Hope, to the Flotta oil terminal across the bay. Whome is situated 3½ miles east of Lyness.
Lyness
- Type: Village
- Description: village on the east coast of the island of Hoy, Orkney, Scotland
- Category: locality
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.83289° or 58° 49′ 58″ northLongitude
-3.20707° or 3° 12′ 25″ westElevation
36 feet (11 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB LYSOpen location code
9CCRRQMV+55OpenStreetMap ID
node 612578961OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2643297Wikidata ID
Q6708810
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