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.

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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

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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

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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.

Bu‘ Point

Locality

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Bu‘ Point is a locality.

Cairston

Locality

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Cairston is a village on Mainland, in Orkney, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Stromness. Within the village is located the Castle of Cairston which is said to have belonged to the House of Gordons, and may have been built in 1152, as contested in a Saga.

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″ north

Longitude

-3.32847° or 3° 19′ 43″ west

Open location code

9CCRWMVC+XJ

OpenStreetMap ID

way 233809562

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=strait

GeoNames ID

2646468

Wikidata ID

Q5922767

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Satellite Map

Discover Hoy Sound from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Catalan to Swedish—“Hoy Sound” goes by many names.

Catalan: “Hoy Sound”
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.

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