Horse of Copinsay
The Horse of Copinsay, also known as the Horse, is a rectangular uninhabited sea stack to the north east of Copinsay in the Orkney Islands, Scotland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Des Colhoun, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Copinsay and Copinsay Lighthouse.
Copinsay
Island
Photo: Peter Gordon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Copinsay is one of the Orkney Islands in Scotland, lying off the east coast of the Orkney Mainland. The smaller companion island to Copinsay, Horse of Copinsay lies to the northeast.
Corn Holm
Island
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Corn Holm is a small tidal island in Orkney, near Copinsay to the west, off the north-eastern coast of Scotland. There was once a small chapel there, and it is covered in birdlife. Corn Holm is situated 1½ miles southwest of Horse of Copinsay.
Horse of Copinsay
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.91066° or 58° 54′ 38″ northLongitude
-2.65807° or 2° 39′ 29″ westOpen location code
9CCVW86R+7QOpenStreetMap ID
way 4569301OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Horse of Copinsay” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Horse of Copinsay”
- Dutch: “Horse of Copinsay”
- Italian: “Horse of Copinsay”
- Japanese: “ホース・オヴ・コピンゼイ島”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Horse of Copinsay”
- Swedish: “Horse of Copinsay”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Black Holm and Ward Holm.
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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 “Horse of Copinsay”. Photo: Des Colhoun, CC BY-SA 2.0.