Hoxa Head
Hoxa Head is a locality in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Hoxa Head is situated nearby to the locality Moi Geo, as well as near Niggle Point.Photo: Sarah Charlesworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hoxa Head Lighthouse and Nevi Skerry.
Nevi Skerry
Photo: George Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nevi Skerry is a skerry situated in Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands. The skerry is situated approximately 1 km east of Flotta and approximately 2 km north-west of South Ronaldsay, at the northern end of the Sound of Hoxa. Nevi Skerry is situated 2 miles north of Hoxa Head.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hoxa and Herston.
Hoxa
Village
Photo: Sarah Charlesworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hoxa is a small settlement on the island of South Ronaldsay in the Orkney Islands north of mainland Scotland. Hoxa is located 1+1⁄4 miles west of St Margaret's Hope at the end of the B9043 road.
Herston
Hamlet
Photo: Lis Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Herston is a village on South Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom. Herston is historically a fishing village but its only industry to speak of is Herston Stained Glass, now that Herston Hikers Hostel is now inactive.
Whome
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whome is the largest settlement on the Orkney island of Flotta, Scotland. The village is situated on the B9046, the main road across Flotta. Views from Whome look across Pan Hope, to the Flotta oil terminal across the bay. Whome is situated 2½ miles west of Hoxa Head.
Hoxa Head
- Type: Locality
- Description: headland on South Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
- Category: cape
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.81849° or 58° 49′ 7″ northLongitude
-3.03566° or 3° 2′ 8″ westElevation
13 feet (4 metres)Open location code
9CCRRX97+9POpenStreetMap ID
node 611073953OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Hoxa Head” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hoxa Head”
- Swedish: “Hoxa Head”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Moi Geo and Niggle Point.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hoxa Battery and The Balfour Coast Battery, Hoxa Head.
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