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Kirkwall

Kirkwall is the chief town of the , which lie off the north tip of mainland . With a population of about 10,000 in 2020, Kirkwall has accommodation and other amenities and is the obvious base for exploring these islands.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include St Magnus Cathedral and Earl’s Palace.

Church
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is a Church of Scotland parish church in Kirkwall, the main town of , a group of islands off the north coast of mainland .

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The Earl's Palace is a ruined Renaissance-style palace near St Magnus's Cathedral in the centre of Kirkwall, Orkney, . Built by Patrick, Earl of Orkney, its construction began in 1607 and was largely undertaken via forced labour.

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The Bishop's Palace, Kirkwall is a 12th-century palace built at the same time as the adjacent in the centre of Kirkwall, Orkney, .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St Ola and HMS Royal Oak.

Locality
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is a parish on . It is in the centre of the island, east of the parish and north of Holm. It contains the capital and largest town of the Orkney archipelago, Kirkwall.

Locality
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was one of five Revenge-class battleships built for the Royal Navy during the First World War. Completed in 1916, the ship first saw combat at the Battle of Jutland as part of the Grand Fleet. is situated 3½ miles south of Kirkwall.

Locality
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is a locality, which is situated 2½ miles east of Kirkwall.

Kirkwall

Latitude
58.9816° or 58° 58′ 54″ north
Longitude
-2.9604° or 2° 57′ 37″ west
Population
7,390
Elevation
10 feet (3 metres)
IATA airport code
KOI
United Nations Location Code
GB KWL
Open location code
9CCVX2JQ+JV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1426852633
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2645198
Wiki­data ID
Q208329
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Western Frisian—“Kirkwall” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Kirkwall”
  • Arabic: “كيركوول”
  • Armenian: “Քերքուոլ”
  • Asturian: “Kirkwall”
  • Azerbaijani: “Kirkvol”
  • Basque: “Kirkwall”
  • Bengali: “কিরকওয়াল”
  • Breton: “Baile na h-Eaglaise”
  • Catalan: “Kirkwall”
  • Cebuano: “Kirkwall”
  • Chinese: “柯克沃尔”
  • Chinese: “柯克沃爾”
  • Czech: “Kirkwall”
  • Danish: “Kirkwall”
  • Dutch: “Kirkwall”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كيركوول”
  • Esperanto: “Kirkwall”
  • Faroese: “Kirkwall”
  • Finnish: “Kirkwall”
  • French: “Kirkwall”
  • Galician: “Kirkwall”
  • German: “Kirkwall”
  • Greek: “Κέρκγουολ”
  • Greek: “Κέρκουολ”
  • Gujarati: “કિર્કવૉલ”
  • Hebrew: “קירקוול”
  • Hungarian: “Kirkwall”
  • Icelandic: “Kirkjuvogur”
  • Icelandic: “Kirkwall”
  • Indonesian: “Kirkwall”
  • Irish: “Bágh na h-Eaglaise”
  • Irish: “Bàgh na h-Eaglaise”
  • Irish: “Bágh na hEaglaise”
  • Italian: “Kirkwall”
  • Japanese: “カークウォール”
  • Kannada: “ಕಿರ್ಕ್ವಾಲ್”
  • Korean: “커크월”
  • Latvian: “Kērkvola”
  • Lithuanian: “Kerkvolas”
  • Lithuanian: “Kirkvelas”
  • Macedonian: “Керк Вол”
  • Malayalam: “കിർക്ക്വാൾ”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kirkwall”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kirkwall”
  • Norwegian: “Kirkwall”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Ciricewæl”
  • Ossetian: “Керкуолл”
  • Persian: “کرک‌وال”
  • Polish: “Kirkwall”
  • Portuguese: “Kirkwall”
  • Romanian: “Kirkwall”
  • Russian: “Керкуолл”
  • Russian: “Киркуолл”
  • Scots: “Kirkwaa”
  • Scots: “Kirkwall”
  • Scots: “Kirkwaw”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Bàgh na h-Eaglaise”
  • Serbian: “Кирквол”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kirkwall”
  • Slovak: “Kirkwall”
  • Slovenian: “Kirkwall”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کرک‌وال”
  • Spanish: “Kirkwall”
  • Swedish: “Kirkwall”
  • Tamil: “கிரகவால்”
  • Telugu: “కిర్క్వాల్”
  • Turkish: “Kirkwall”
  • Ukrainian: “Керкволл”
  • Ukrainian: “Керкуолл”
  • Urdu: “کیرکوال”
  • Welsh: “Kirkwall”
  • Western Frisian: “Kirkwall”

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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 Wikivoyage page “Kirkwall”. Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.