Sweinn Geo North Stack
Sweinn Geo North Stack is a hill in Orkney Islands, Scotland and has an elevation of 131 feet. Sweinn Geo North Stack is situated nearby to the locality Tor Ness, as well as near Melsetter.Places of Interest
Highlights include Hoglinns Water and Tor Ness Lighthouse.
Hoglinns Water
Photo: Roger McLachlan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hoglinns Water is a small freshwater loch in the south of the island of Hoy, Orkney. It drains in to Heldale Water via Hoglinns Burn. The loch was surveyed in 1906 by Sir John Murray and later charted as part of the Bathymetrical Survey of Fresh-Water Lochs of Scotland 1897-1909.
Tor Ness Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Calum McRoberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tor Ness Lighthouse is situated 2 miles southeast of Sweinn Geo North Stack.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brims and Longhope.
Brims
Locality
Photo: Calum McRoberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Brims is a village at the southern point of the island of Hoy, in Orkney, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Walls and Flotta. The RNLI lifeboat Thomas McCunn is on display at the Longhope Lifeboat Museum in Brims, which was the Longhope Lifeboat Station until 1999. Brims is situated 4 miles southeast of Sweinn Geo North Stack.
Longhope
Village
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Longhope is a coastal settlement on the island of South Walls, in Orkney, Scotland. South Walls is linked to Hoy by causeway; Longhope is the largest settlement on the two islands. The settlement is situated on the B9047, the main road on Hoy and South Walls. Longhope is situated 4½ miles east of Sweinn Geo North Stack.
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 4½ miles northeast of Sweinn Geo North Stack.
Sweinn Geo North Stack
- Type: Hill with an elevation of 131 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
58.80421° or 58° 48′ 15″ northLongitude
-3.32405° or 3° 19′ 27″ westElevation
131 feet (40 metres)Open location code
9CCRRM3G+M9GeoNames ID
12624156
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