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Faray

Faray is a small in , , lying between and . Previously inhabited, the low-lying island is now a successful grey seal breeding colony.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Fara”
Photo: Douglas Caldow, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: George Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: George Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rusk Holm and Holm of Faray.

Islet
Photo: George Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small island in the Orkney Islands, near Faray to the west.

Islet
Photo: George Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The is a small island in , Scotland, near Faray and , which it lies between. Together with its neighbour Faray, it is designated a SSSI due to its importance as a haul-out site and breeding area for grey seals.

Aerodrome
Photo: Lis Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eday London Airport is located on in , . As it is close to the Bay of London it is known locally as just London Airport. The Bay of London may have been so called because of puffins breeding there: Old Norse lundi = "puffin", Old Norse á Lundunum = "at the puffins".

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Backaland.

Hamlet
Photo: Des Colhoun, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a settlement on the island of in , Scotland. The settlement is also within the parish of Eday, and it is located to the south west of the island. is situated at the southern end of the B9063.

Faray

Latitude
59.21461° or 59° 12′ 53″ north
Longitude
-2.82297° or 2° 49′ 23″ west
Elevation
72 feet (22 metres)
Open location code
9CFV657G+RR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 4569388
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
2649699
Wiki­data ID
Q1396255
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Satellite Map

Discover Faray from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Faray” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Фарай”
  • Catalan: “Faray”
  • Cebuano: “Faray”
  • Chinese: “法雷島”
  • Dutch: “Faray”
  • French: “Faray”
  • German: “Faray”
  • Greek: “Φάρι”
  • Italian: “Faray”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Faray”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Faray”
  • Norwegian: “Faray”
  • Russian: “Фарей”
  • Russian: “Фари”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Faray”
  • Spanish: “Faray”
  • Swedish: “Faray”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lynn’s Field and Vinquoy Hill Chambered Cairn (Neolithic).

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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 “Faray”. Photo: Douglas Caldow, CC BY-SA 2.0.