Tankerness
Tankerness is a district in the St Andrews parish in Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. Essentially a peninsula, it is about 13 kilometres south-east of Kirkwall and 1 kilometre east of Kirkwall Airport.
- Village
- …lies at an elevation of around 70 feet (20 metres)
- Description: village in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
Places of Interest
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Kirkwall Airport
Kirkwall Airport is the main airport serving Orkney in Scotland.
1½ miles west of Tankerness
Loch of Tankerness
Loch of Tankerness is a large, lowland, freshwater loch on the Orkney mainland in Scotland.
Localities in the Area
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St Andrews
St Andrews is a parish on Mainland, Orkney in Scotland.
Head of Holland
Head of Holland is a locality.
3 miles northwest of Tankerness
Rerwick Head
Rerwick Head is a locality.
3½ miles northeast of Tankerness
Tankerness
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Latitude
58.95247° or 58° 57′ 9″ north
Longitude
-2.85396° or 2° 51′ 14″ west
Open location code
9CCVX42W+XC
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OpenStreetMap feature
place = village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to French—“Tankerness” goes by many names.
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