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Inner Holm

Inner Holm is a small inhabited island in harbour and one of the islands of Scotland. It is about 350 metres east of the harbour front of Stromness but it is connected to the shore at low tide on the opposite side of the bay.
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Photo: W. L. Tarbert, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Outer Holm and Stromness Museum.

Islet
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is an islet.

Museum
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is a small independent museum in the town of in , Scotland focusing on the town's connections to maritime and natural history.

Art gallery
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The is an art gallery and museum in , Orkney, Scotland. It was established in 1979 to provide a home for an important collection of fine art donated to "be held in trust for Orkney" by the author, peace activist and philanthropist Margaret Gardiner.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stromness and Bu‘ Point.

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is a port on the Mainland of the , with a population of roughly 2200. To the Vikings, Straumsnes meant the headland just south, where a fierce tide rips between Scapa Flow and the Atlantic; get past that and you came safely into Hamnavoe or "peaceful harbour" where the town now stands.

Locality
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is a locality.

Locality
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is a village on , in , Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of . is situated 1½ miles north of Inner Holm.

Inner Holm

Latitude
58.95902° or 58° 57′ 33″ north
Longitude
-3.28925° or 3° 17′ 21″ west
Elevation
7 feet (2 metres)
Open location code
9CCRXP56+J7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1150257129
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
2646175
Wiki­data ID
Q15228703
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Inner Holm” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Inner Holm”
  • Cebuano: “Inner Holm”
  • Italian: “Inner Holm”
  • Japanese: “インナー・ホルム”
  • Russian: “Иннер-Холм”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Inner Holm”
  • Swedish: “Inner Holm”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include North Pier and Pole Star Pier.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Inner Holm”. Photo: W. L. Tarbert, CC BY-SA 3.0.