Eday
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".
- Type: Island
- Description: island of the Orkney islands, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “ostrov v Orknejském souostroví” and “Эдей”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Eday Airport and Faray.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Backaland.
Eday
- Categories: civil parish and landform
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
59.1833° or 59° 11′ north
Longitude
-2.7833° or 2° 47′ west
Population
130
Elevation
121 feet (37 metres)
IATA airport code
EOI
UN/LOCODE
GB EOI
Open location code
9CFV56M8+8M
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Eday” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ٳيداي”
- Basque: “Eday”
- Bulgarian: “Едай”
- Cebuano: “Eday”
- Chinese: “伊迪島”
- Czech: “Eday”
- Danish: “Eday”
- Dutch: “Eday”
- French: “Eday”
- German: “Eday”
- Greek: “Έιντι”
- Hebrew: “אידיי”
- Irish: “Iadaigh”
- Italian: “Eday”
- Japanese: “エディ島”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Eday”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Eday”
- Norwegian: “Eday”
- Polish: “Eday”
- Russian: “Идей”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Iadaigh”
- Spanish: “Eday”
- Swedish: “Eday”
- Welsh: “Eday”
- Western Panjabi: “اڈے”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: The New Kirkyard and West Side.
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Worth a closer look: Kirkwall and Stromness.
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