Burwick
Burwick is a small harbour on the island of South Ronaldsay in the Orkney Islands, Scotland. It is the closest Orkney harbour to the Scottish mainland and was the terminus of a passenger ferry which operated in the summer to John o' Groats in Caithness.
- Type: Dwelling
- Description: settlement in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Burwick, Orkney”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: South Ronaldsay and St Mary’s Church, South Ronaldsay.
Tomison’s Academy, South Ronaldsay
Historic building
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brough Ness and Sandwick.
Sandwick
Locality
Herston
Hamlet
Burwick
- Categories: human settlement, locality, residential building, and building
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.74203° or 58° 44′ 31″ north
Longitude
-2.97035° or 2° 58′ 13″ west
Elevation
16 feet (5 metres)
UN/LOCODE
GB BWC
Open location code
9CCVP2RH+RV
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=isolated_dwelling
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Japanese—“Burwick” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Burwick”
- Dutch: “Burwick”
- Irish: “Burwick, Inse Orc”
- Irish: “Burwick”
- Japanese: “バーウィック”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Burwick Pier and Brough.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Burwick and Crook.
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Worth a closer look: Kirkwall and Stromness.
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