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Fara

Fara is a small in , , lying in between the islands of and . 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 , , and …
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Fara, Orkney”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Flotta Airport and Risa.

Aerodrome
Photo: Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Flotta Isle Airport is a small airport located on the isle of . The asphalt runway orientation is at 16/34, with an elevation of 70 feet, and is 2,490 feet in length.

Islet
Photo: Roger McLachlan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rysa Little, commonly referred to as Rysa, is an uninhabited island in the archipelago in . It is approximately 32 hectares in area, and rises to 20 metres above sea level.

Museum
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is a war museum in on the , , . Housed within a refurbished Romney hut and oil fuel pump house at the former Lyness royal naval base HMS Proserpine, the museum charts the history of Orkney's involvement in World War I and World War II.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lyness and Whome.

Village
Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village on the east coast of the island of , , Scotland. The village is within the parish of Walls and Flotta, and is situated at the junction of the B9047 and B9048.

Village
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is the largest settlement on the island of , Scotland. The village is situated on the B9046, the main road across Flotta. Views from look across Pan Hope, to the across the bay.

Locality
Photo: Des Colhoun, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a locality.

Fara

Latitude
58.84485° or 58° 50′ 42″ north
Longitude
-3.16559° or 3° 9′ 56″ west
Elevation
128 feet (39 metres)
Open location code
9CCRRRVM+WQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1149758596
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
2649700
Wiki­data ID
Q1396086
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Fara” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Fara (pulo sa Hiniusang Gingharian)”
  • Cebuano: “Fara”
  • Chinese: “法拉島 (奧克尼群島)”
  • Chinese: “法拉島”
  • Dutch: “Fara”
  • French: “Fara (Ecosse)”
  • French: “Fara”
  • German: “Fara”
  • Greek: “Νήσος Φάρα”
  • Greek: “Φάρα (νησί)”
  • Italian: “Fara”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Fara (øy)”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fara i Orknøyane”
  • Norwegian: “Fara”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Fara, Arcaibh”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Fara”
  • Swedish: “Fara”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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