Hoxa
Hoxa is a small settlement on the island of South Ronaldsay in the Orkney Islands north of mainland Scotland. Hoxa is located 1+1⁄4 miles west of St Margaret's Hope at the end of the B9043 road.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Sarah Charlesworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village
- Description: settlement in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Hoxa, Orkney”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hoxa Head Lighthouse and Nevi Skerry.
Nevi Skerry
Photo: George Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nevi Skerry is a skerry situated in Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands. The skerry is situated approximately 1 km east of Flotta and approximately 2 km north-west of South Ronaldsay, at the northern end of the Sound of Hoxa. Nevi Skerry is situated 1½ miles northwest of Hoxa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hoxa Head and Herston.
Herston
Hamlet
Photo: Lis Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Herston is a village on South Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom. Herston is historically a fishing village but its only industry to speak of is Herston Stained Glass, now that Herston Hikers Hostel is now inactive.
Saint Margaret’s Hope
Village
Photo: Bob Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Margaret's Hope is a village in the Orkney Islands, off the north coast of Scotland. It is known locally as The Hope or The Hup. With a population of about 550, it is Orkney's third largest settlement after Kirkwall and Stromness. Saint Margaret’s Hope is situated 2 miles east of Hoxa.
Hoxa
- Category: locality
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.82982° or 58° 49′ 47″ northLongitude
-3.01186° or 3° 0′ 43″ westElevation
46 feet (14 metres)Open location code
9CCRRXHQ+W7OpenStreetMap ID
node 935205290OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Chinese—“Hoxa” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Hoxa”
- Chinese: “霍萨”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hoxa Tapestry Gallery and Site of St Colm’s Chapel (Said to be C7).
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Hoxa”. Photo: Sarah Charlesworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.