Ayre Point
Ayre Point is a locality in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Ayre Point is situated nearby to the locality Stony-ayre, as well as near Rotten Gutter.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Flotta Airport and Fara.
Flotta Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Flotta Isle Airport is a small airport located on the Orkney isle of Flotta. The asphalt runway orientation is at 16/34, with an elevation of 70 feet, and is 2,490 feet in length.
Fara
Island
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Fara is a small island in Orkney, Scotland, lying in Scapa Flow between the islands of Flotta and Hoy. It has been uninhabited since the 1960s. The island’s name is used as a house name at Stromness Primary School, the other houses being Cava, Rysa, and Switha…
Crockness Martello tower
Photo: Calum McRoberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Crockness Martello Tower is a Martello Tower on Hoy, Orkney, Scotland. It was built during the Napoleonic Wars, at the same time as the Martello Tower at Hackness.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Whome and Lyness.
Whome
Village
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Whome is the largest settlement on the Orkney island of Flotta, Scotland. The village is situated on the B9046, the main road across Flotta. Views from Whome look across Pan Hope, to the Flotta oil terminal across the bay. Whome is situated 2 miles east of Ayre Point.
Lyness
Village
Photo: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Lyness is a village on the east coast of the island of Hoy, Orkney, Scotland. The village is within the parish of Walls and Flotta, and is situated at the junction of the B9047 and B9048. Lyness is situated 2 miles west of Ayre Point.
Point of Hackness
Locality
Photo: Des Colhoun, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Point of Hackness is a locality, which is situated 2 miles south of Ayre Point.
Ayre Point
- Type: Locality
- Description: cape in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
- Category: cape
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.83457° or 58° 50′ 4″ northLongitude
-3.15288° or 3° 9′ 10″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
9CCRRRMW+RROpenStreetMap ID
node 915262697OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Ayre Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ayre Point”
- Swedish: “Ayre Point”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Naval cinema (ruins) and Overhowe (site of).
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