Hoy Sound
Hoy Sound is a body of salt water subject to tidal currents situated south of the town of Stromness in the Orkney archipelago of Scotland. The sound lies north of the island of Hoy and to the south of Mainland Orkney.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Dave Simpson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hoy Sound Low Light and Stromness Museum.
Hoy Sound Low Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Fabio Sassi, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Graemsay is an island in the western approaches to Scapa Flow, in the Orkney Islands of Scotland. The island has two lighthouses. Graemsay lies within the parish of Stromness.
Stromness Museum
Museum
Stromness Museum is a small independent museum in the town of Stromness in Orkney, Scotland focusing on the town's connections to maritime and natural history.
Graemsay
Island
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Graemsay is an island in the western approaches to Scapa Flow, in the Orkney Islands of Scotland. The island has two lighthouses. Graemsay lies within the parish of Stromness.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stromness and Bu‘ Point.
Stromness
Stromness is a port on the Mainland of the Orkney Islands, 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.
Cairston
Locality
Photo: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cairston is a village on Mainland, in Orkney, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Stromness.
Hoy Sound
- Type: Strait
- Description: sound in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
- Categories: sound and body of water
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.94498° or 58° 56′ 42″ northLongitude
-3.32847° or 3° 19′ 43″ westOpen location code
9CCRWMVC+XJOpenStreetMap ID
way 233809562OpenStreetMap feature
natural=straitGeoNames ID
2646468Wikidata ID
Q5922767
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Satellite Map
Discover Hoy Sound from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Hoy Sound” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hoy Sound”
- Swedish: “Hoy Sound”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Point of Oxan and Fulzie Geo.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Warebeth Cemetery Broch and Stromness Cemetery.
Orkney Islands: Must-Visit Destinations
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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 “Hoy Sound”. Photo: Dave Simpson, CC BY-SA 2.0.