West Side
West Side is a locality in Orkney Islands, Scotland. West Side is situated nearby to the locality Fers Ness, as well as near Point of Scaraber.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Eday and Eday Airport.
Eday
Photo: Beep boop beep, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Eday is one of the Orkney Islands of Scotland. It's about 15 miles north of the Orkney Mainland, 8 miles long by a mile wide but pinched in the middle: in Old Norse Eiðøy means "isthmus island".
Eday Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Lis Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eday London Airport is located on Eday in Orkney, Scotland. As it is close to the Bay of London it is known locally as just London Airport. The Bay of London may have been so called because of puffins breeding there: Old Norse lundi = "puffin", Old Norse á Lundunum = "at the puffins". Eday Airport is situated 2 miles northeast of West Side.
Rusk Holm
Islet
Photo: George Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rusk Holm is a small island in the Orkney Islands, near Faray to the west. Rusk Holm is situated 2½ miles northwest of West Side.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Backaland.
Backaland
Hamlet
Photo: Des Colhoun, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Backaland is a settlement on the island of Eday in Orkney, Scotland. The settlement is also within the parish of Eday, and it is located to the south west of the island. Backaland is situated at the southern end of the B9063. Backaland is situated 2½ miles southeast of West Side.
West Side
- Type: Locality
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
59.17862° or 59° 10′ 43″ northLongitude
-2.81939° or 2° 49′ 10″ westElevation
52 feet (16 metres)Open location code
9CFV55HJ+C6OpenStreetMap ID
node 7354821052OpenStreetMap feature
place=localityGeoNames ID
13283243
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