Car Ness

Car Ness is a cape in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Car Ness is situated nearby to the village Balfour, as well as near the locality St Ola.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Thieves Holm and Helliar Holm.

Thieves Holm

Islet

Photo: Des Colhoun, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Thieves Holm is a small island in Orkney, Scotland.

Helliar Holm

Islet

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Helliar Holm is an uninhabited island off the coast of Shapinsay in the Orkney Islands, Scotland. It is home to a 42-foot-tall lighthouse, which was built in 1893 and automated in 1967.

Balfour Castle is a historic building on the southwest of Shapinsay, Orkney Islands. Though built around an older structure that dates at least from the 18th century, the present castle was built in 1847, commissioned by Colonel David Balfour, and designed by Edinburgh architect David Bryce.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Balfour and Head of Holland.

Balfour

Village

Photo: Shirley Grant, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Balfour is a village on the island of Shapinsay, Orkney. The village is situated on Elwick Bay, which was used as an anchorage by Haakon IV of Norway before sailing south to eventual defeat at the Battle of Largs in 1263.

Head of Holland

Locality

Photo: Adam Ward, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Head of Holland is a locality, which is situated 2½ miles southeast of Car Ness.

Kirkwall

Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Kirkwall is the chief town of the Orkney Islands, which lie off the north tip of mainland Scotland. With a population of about 10,000 in 2020, Kirkwall has accommodation and other amenities and is the obvious base for exploring these islands.

Car 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

59.01667° or 59° 1′ north

Longitude

-2.93333° or 2° 56′ west

Open location code

9CFV2388+MM

GeoNames ID

2653718

Wikidata ID

Q24653177

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

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

Cebuano: “Car Ness”
Swedish: “Car Ness”

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Localities in the Area

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