Grim Ness
Grimness is a cliff-girt headland on the island of South Ronaldsay, in the Orkney archipelago of Scotland. It is located between Honeysgeo and Skipi Geo and rises to a height of 34 metres above sea level.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Des Colhoun, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sorquoy,standing stone,Papley and St Peter’s Church.
Sorquoy,standing stone,Papley
Archaeological site
Photo: Ian Balcombe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sorquoy,standing stone,Papley is an archaeological site, which is situated 1½ miles southwest of Grim Ness.
St Peter’s Church
Church
Photo: Ian Balcombe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Peter’s Church is situated 2 miles southwest of Grim Ness.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ayre of Cara and Burray Ness.
Ayre of Cara
Locality
Photo: Karl Cooper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ayre of Cara is a locality, which is situated 1½ miles northwest of Grim Ness.
Burray Ness
Locality
Photo: Des Colhoun, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Burray Ness is a locality, which is situated 2½ miles north of Grim Ness.
Saint Margaret’s Hope
Village
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Margaret's Hope is a village in the Orkney Islands, off the north coast of Scotland. It is known locally as The Hope or The Hup. With a population of about 550, it is Orkney's third largest settlement after Kirkwall and Stromness. Saint Margaret’s Hope is situated 3 miles west of Grim Ness.
Grim Ness
- Type: Locality
- Description: peninsula in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
- Category: peninsula
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.81871° or 58° 49′ 7″ northLongitude
-2.8797° or 2° 52′ 47″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
9CCVR49C+F4OpenStreetMap ID
node 611073398OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Grim Ness” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Grim Ness”
- Dutch: “Grim Ness”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Grim Ness”
- Swedish: “Grim Ness”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as South Cara and West Quoy.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Burnt Mound (Prehistoric) and Kirk Geo - site of St Colm’s Chapel.
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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 “Grim Ness”. Photo: Des Colhoun, CC BY-SA 2.0.