Corn Holm is a small tidal island in Orkney, near Copinsay to the west, off the north-eastern coast of Scotland. There was once a small chapel there, and it is covered in birdlife.

Copinsay

Island

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Copinsay is one of the Orkney Islands in Scotland, lying off the east coast of the Orkney Mainland. The smaller companion island to Copinsay, Horse of Copinsay lies to the northeast. Copinsay is situated 2 miles southeast of Copinsay Pass.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rose Ness and Tankerness.

Rose Ness

Locality

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Rose Ness is a locality, which is situated 5 miles southwest of Copinsay Pass.

Tankerness

Village

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Tankerness is a district in the St Andrews parish in Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. Essentially a peninsula, it is about 13 kilometres south-east of Kirkwall and 1 kilometre east of Kirkwall Airport. Tankerness is situated 5 miles northwest of Copinsay Pass.

Copinsay Pass

Type: Strait
Category: body of water
Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

58.91667° or 58° 55′ north

Longitude

-2.71667° or 2° 43′ west

Elevation

7 feet (2 metres)

Open location code

9CCVW78M+M8

GeoNames ID

2652400

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