Salthouse Bay
Salthouse Bay is a bay in Scotland, United Kingdom. Salthouse Bay is situated nearby to the locality Clestrain, as well as near Bu‘ Point.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hall of Clestrain and Graemsay.
Hall of Clestrain
Historic building
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The Hall of Clestrain is a house in the parish of Orphir, Orkney, Scotland. The house was the birthplace of the explorer John Rae in 1813. Currently derelict, the house became a listed building in 1971.
Graemsay
Island
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Graemsay is an island in the western approaches to Scapa Flow, in the Orkney Islands of Scotland. The island has two lighthouses. Graemsay lies within the parish of Stromness. Graemsay is situated 2 miles southwest of Salthouse Bay.
Inner Holm
Islet
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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 2 miles west of Salthouse Bay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bu‘ Point and Stromness.
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.
Houton
Village
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Houton is a settlement 5 miles southeast of Stromness on the island of Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Orphir, and is situated on a minor road off the A964. Houton is situated 2½ miles southeast of Salthouse Bay.
Salthouse Bay
- Type: Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.94848° or 58° 56′ 55″ northLongitude
-3.23779° or 3° 14′ 16″ westOpen location code
9CCRWQX6+9VGeoNames ID
11153558
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