Stromness Harbour
Stromness Harbour is a station in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Stromness Harbour is situated nearby to the art gallery Pier Arts Centre, as well as near the locality Bu‘ Point.- Type: Station
- Description: port in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Stromness”, “Stromness Ferry Port”, and “Stromness Port”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pier Arts Centre and Stromness Town Hall.
Pier Arts Centre
Art gallery
Photo: John Ireland, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Pier Arts Centre is an art gallery and museum in Stromness, Orkney, Scotland. It was established in 1979 to provide a home for an important collection of fine art donated to "be held in trust for Orkney" by the author, peace activist and philanthropist Margaret Gardiner. Pier Arts Centre is situated 640 feet southwest of Stromness Harbour.
Stromness Town Hall
Town hall
Photo: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stromness Town Hall is situated 1,000 feet southwest of Stromness Harbour.
Alexander Graham Fountain, Victoria Street, Stromness
Memorial
Photo: Braveheart, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Alexander Graham Fountain, Victoria Street, Stromness is a memorial, which is situated 520 feet west of Stromness Harbour.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stromness and Bu‘ Point.
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. Within the village is located the Castle of Cairston which is said to have belonged to the House of Gordons, and may have been built in 1152, as contested in a Saga.
Stromness Harbour
- Categories: port, ferry port, passenger ship terminal, and transportation
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
58.96362° or 58° 57′ 49″ northLongitude
-3.29512° or 3° 17′ 42″ westElevation
16 feet (5 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB SNSOpen location code
9CCRXP73+CXOpenStreetMap ID
node 2150846238OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=ferry_terminalOpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=station
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Stromness Harbour” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Stromness Port”
- Swedish: “Stromness Port”
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