Breck Ness
Breck Ness is a locality in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Breck Ness is situated nearby to the locality Hole o‘ Row, as well as near Outertown.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality
- Description: cape in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Breckness”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Breckness House and Stromness Museum.
Breckness House
Ruins
Photo: Doug Lee, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Breckness House, sometimes known as Breckness Castle, is the site of the 17th-century mansion, chapel and burial ground, built by George Graham, the Bishop of Orkney.
Stromness Museum
Museum
Stromness Museum is a small independent museum in the town of Stromness in Orkney, Scotland focusing on the town's connections to maritime and natural history. Stromness Museum is situated 2 miles east of Breck Ness.
Inner Holm
Islet
Photo: W. L. Tarbert, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Inner Holm is a small inhabited island in Stromness harbour and one of the Orkney islands of Scotland. It is about 350 metres east of the harbour front of Stromness but it is connected to the Orkney Mainland shore at low tide on the opposite side of the bay. Inner Holm is situated 2½ miles east of Breck Ness.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stromness and Cairston.
Stromness
Stromness is a port on the Mainland of the Orkney Islands, with a population of roughly 2200. To the Vikings, Straumsnes meant the headland just south, where a fierce tide rips between Scapa Flow and the Atlantic; get past that and you came safely into Hamnavoe or "peaceful harbour" where the town now stands.
Cairston
Locality
Photo: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cairston is a village on Mainland, in Orkney, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Stromness. Cairston is situated 3 miles northeast of Breck Ness.
Bu‘ Point
Locality
Photo: John Ireland, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bu‘ Point is a locality, which is situated 3 miles east of Breck Ness.
Breck Ness
- Category: cape
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.96458° or 58° 57′ 53″ northLongitude
-3.35244° or 3° 21′ 9″ westElevation
43 feet (13 metres)Open location code
9CCRXJ7X+R2OpenStreetMap ID
node 9535849160OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Breck Ness” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Breck Ness”
- Swedish: “Breck Ness”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Hole o‘ Row and Outertown.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Breckness, Chapel and Burial-ground and Broch of Breckness.
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