Balfour Coast Battery
Balfour Coast Battery is in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Balfour Coast Battery is situated nearby to Hoxa Head Lighthouse, as well as near the military installation Hoxa Battery.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hoxa Head Lighthouse and Nevi Skerry.
Hoxa Head Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Sarah Charlesworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hoxa Head Lighthouse is situated 350 feet north of Balfour Coast Battery.
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 north of Balfour Coast Battery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hoxa Head and Hoxa.
Hoxa
Village
Photo: Sarah Charlesworth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
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.
Balfour Coast Battery
- Type: Sign
- Categories: information and tourism
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.82095° or 58° 49′ 15″ northLongitude
-3.03526° or 3° 2′ 7″ westOpen location code
9CCRRXC7+9VOpenStreetMap ID
node 11079305334OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=information
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