Heyspan
Heyspan is a reef in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Heyspan is situated nearby to the locality Braid Point, as well as near Ayre Point.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Flotta Airport and Fara.
Flotta Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Flotta Isle Airport is a small airport located on the Orkney isle of Flotta. The asphalt runway orientation is at 16/34, with an elevation of 70 feet, and is 2,490 feet in length.
Fara
Island
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Fara is a small island in Orkney, Scotland, lying in Scapa Flow between the islands of Flotta and Hoy. It has been uninhabited since the 1960s. The island’s name is used as a house name at Stromness Primary School, the other houses being Cava, Rysa, and Switha…
Flotta oil terminal
Photo: Ian Balcombe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Flotta oil terminal is a major crude oil reception, processing, storage and export facility on the island of Flotta, in the south of Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands. It receives and processes crude oil delivered by a subsea pipeline from the Piper, Claymore, Tartan and Golden Eagle platforms and associated fields.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whome and Point of Hackness.
Whome
Village
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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.
Point of Hackness
Locality
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Point of Hackness is a locality, which is situated 2½ miles south of Heyspan.
Lyness
Village
Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lyness is a village on the east coast of the island of Hoy, Orkney, Scotland. The village is within the parish of Walls and Flotta, and is situated at the junction of the B9047 and B9048. Lyness is situated 3 miles west of Heyspan.
Heyspan
- Type: Reef
- Also known as: “Heyspan Reef”
- Category: landform
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.8394° or 58° 50′ 22″ northLongitude
-3.13042° or 3° 7′ 50″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
9CCRRVQ9+QRGeoNames ID
2646999
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Satellite Map
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Braid Point and Ayre Point.
Notable Places Nearby
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