Long Hope Sound
Long Hope Sound is a sound in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Long Hope Sound is situated nearby to the locality North Ness, as well as near South Walls.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hackness Martello Tower and Battery and Crockness Martello tower.
Hackness Martello Tower and Battery
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Hackness Martello Tower and Battery is a former British Army barracks and currently a museum located on the island of South Walls, in Orkney, Scotland. Hackness Martello Tower and Battery is situated 2 miles east of Long Hope Sound.
Crockness Martello tower
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Crockness Martello Tower is a Martello Tower on Hoy, Orkney, Scotland. It was built during the Napoleonic Wars, at the same time as the Martello Tower at Hackness. Crockness Martello tower is situated 1½ miles northeast of Long Hope Sound.
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. Scapa Flow Museum is situated 2 miles north of Long Hope Sound.
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.
Point of Hackness
Locality
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Point of Hackness is a locality, which is situated 1½ miles east of Long Hope Sound.
Lyness
Village
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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. Lyness is situated 2 miles north of Long Hope Sound.
Long Hope Sound
- Type: Sound
- Category: body of water
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.80347° or 58° 48′ 13″ northLongitude
-3.19633° or 3° 11′ 47″ westOpen location code
9CCRRR33+9FGeoNames ID
2643679
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