Burray
Burray is one of the Orkney Islands in Scotland. It lies to the east of Scapa Flow and is one of a chain of islands linked by the Churchill Barriers.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Des Colhoun, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Echna Loch and East Broch of Burray.
East Broch of Burray
Archaeological site
Photo: David Wyatt, CC BY-SA 2.0.
East Broch of Burray is an archaeological site, which is situated 1½ miles north of Burray.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ayre of Cara and Burray Ness.
Grim Ness
Locality
Photo: Des Colhoun, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Grimness is a cliff-girt headland on the island of South Ronaldsay, in the Orkney archipelago of Scotland. It is located between Honeysgeo and Skipi Geo and rises to a height of 34 metres above sea level. Grim Ness is situated 2½ miles south of Burray.
Burray
- Type: Island
- Description: island of the Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
- Category: landform
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Western Panjabi—“Burray” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Burray”
- Bulgarian: “Бурай”
- Cebuano: “Burray”
- Chinese: “巴雷島”
- Danish: “Burray”
- Dutch: “Burray”
- Finnish: “Burray”
- French: “Burray”
- German: “Burray”
- Greek: “Μπούρι Ορκάδων”
- Italian: “Burray”
- Japanese: “バレイ島”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Burray”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Burray”
- Norwegian: “Burray”
- Polish: “Burray”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Burray”
- Spanish: “Burray”
- Swedish: “Burray”
- Welsh: “Burray”
- Western Panjabi: “برے”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kirk Taing and Northtown Hill.
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