Lang Geo
Lang Geo is a bay in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Lang Geo is situated nearby to the locality Tor Ness, as well as near Melsetter.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hoglinns Water.
Hoglinns Water
Photo: Roger McLachlan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hoglinns Water is a small freshwater loch in the south of the island of Hoy, Orkney. It drains in to Heldale Water via Hoglinns Burn. The loch was surveyed in 1906 by Sir John Murray and later charted as part of the Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909. Hoglinns Water is situated 1½ miles southeast of Lang Geo.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brims and Lyness.
Brims
Locality
Photo: Calum McRoberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brims is a village at the southern point of the island of Hoy, in Orkney, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Walls and Flotta. The RNLI lifeboat Thomas McCunn is on display at the Longhope Lifeboat Museum in Brims, which was the Longhope Lifeboat Station until 1999. Brims is situated 4½ miles southeast of Lang Geo.
Lyness
Village
Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 4½ miles east of Lang Geo.
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 5 miles east of Lang Geo.
Lang Geo
- Type: Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.81667° or 58° 49′ northLongitude
-3.33333° or 3° 20′ westElevation
390 feet (119 metres)Open location code
9CCRRM88+MMGeoNames ID
2644934
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Localities in the Area
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