Kirkwall Ferry Port
Kirkwall Ferry Port is a station in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Kirkwall Ferry Port is situated nearby to Orkney Wireless Museum, as well as near the church St Magnus Cathedral.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Station
- Description: port in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Kirkwall”, “Kirkwall Harbour”, and “Kirkwall Port”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Orkney Wireless Museum and St Magnus Cathedral.
Orkney Wireless Museum
Museum
Photo: G J Coyne, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Orkney Wireless Museum in Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland, houses a collection of domestic and military wireless equipment. It developed from the private collection of the late Jim MacDonald from St Margaret's Hope and marks the importance of wireless communications in Orkney during World War II. Orkney Wireless Museum is situated 790 feet south of Kirkwall Ferry Port.
St Magnus Cathedral
Church
Photo: Robert Scarth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Magnus Cathedral is a Church of Scotland parish church in Kirkwall, the main town of Orkney, a group of islands off the north coast of mainland Scotland. St Magnus Cathedral is situated 1,900 feet south of Kirkwall Ferry Port.
The Orkney Museum
Museum
Photo: Andrew Abbott, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Orkney Museum, formerly Tankerness House Museum, is a history museum in Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland. Run by Orkney Islands Council, the museum covers the history of the Orkney Islands from the Stone Age through the Picts and Vikings to the present day. The Orkney Museum is situated 1,900 feet south of Kirkwall Ferry Port.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kirkwall and St Ola.
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.
St Ola
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Ola is a parish on Mainland, Orkney. It is in the centre of the island, east of the parish Firth and north of Holm. It contains the capital and largest town of the Orkney archipelago, Kirkwall.
Head of Holland
Locality
Photo: Adam Ward, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Head of Holland is a locality, which is situated 2½ miles east of Kirkwall Ferry Port.
Kirkwall Ferry Port
- Categories: port, ferry port, passenger ship terminal, and transportation
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
58.98656° or 58° 59′ 12″ northLongitude
-2.96092° or 2° 57′ 39″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)United Nations Location Code
GB KWLOpen location code
9CCVX2PQ+JJOpenStreetMap ID
node 1512647347OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=ferry_terminalOpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=station
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Kirkwall Ferry Port” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Kirkwall Port”
- Swedish: “Kirkwall Port”
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