Grice Ness

Grice Ness is a cape in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Grice Ness is situated nearby to the village Whitehall, as well as near the locality Woods Yard (old fish curing yard).

Places of Interest

Highlights include Papa Stronsay and Golgotha Monastery.

Papa Stronsay

Island

Photo: Des Colhoun, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Papa Stronsay is a small island in Orkney, Scotland, lying north east of Stronsay. It is 74 hectares in size, and 13 metres above sea level at its highest point.

Golgotha Monastery is a monastery located on the Orkney island of Papa Stronsay. The monastery was founded in 1999, after the monastic community of the Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer purchased the island that year from farmer Charles Ronald Smith.

Stronsay Airport

Aerodrome

Photo: Adam Ward, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stronsay Airport is located on Stronsay, Orkney Islands, Scotland, 15 nautical miles north‑northeast of Kirkwall. Stronsay Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Whitehall and Stronsay.

Whitehall

Village

Photo: Lis Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Whitehall is the village on the island of Stronsay, in the Orkney Islands of Scotland. It is a small village with about 50 houses. It also has a shop, a café and heritage centre, known as the Fish Mart; the Stronsay Hotel, with attached pub; a post office, a fisherman's pier and a ferry pier.

Stronsay

Photo: Adam Ward, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stronsay is one of the Orkney Islands, with a population in 2011 of 349. It's low-lying, indented by three large bays, with its main settlement at Whitehall.

Grice Ness

Type: Cape
Description: cape in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
Category: landform
Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

59.13989° or 59° 8′ 24″ north

Longitude

-2.58708° or 2° 35′ 14″ west

Open location code

9CFV4CQ7+X5

OpenStreetMap ID

node 10740019068

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=cape

GeoNames ID

2647894

Wikidata ID

Q24641300

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Grice Ness” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Grice Ness”
Swedish: “Grice Ness”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Grice Ness and Woods Yard (old fish curing yard).

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lower Whitehall Pier and Slipway and Our Lady’s Chapel (Lady Church).

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