Ness Battery, Stromness
Ness Battery, Stromness is in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Ness Battery, Stromness is situated nearby to the ruins Hoy Number 3 Battery, as well as near Hoy Number 3 Magazine.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Stromness Museum and Hoy Sound Low Light.
Stromness Museum
Museum
Stromness Museum is a small independent museum in the town of Stromness in Orkney, Scotland focusing on the town's connections to maritime and natural history. Stromness Museum is situated 3,000 feet northeast of Ness Battery, Stromness.
Hoy Sound Low Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Fabio Sassi, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Graemsay is an island in the western approaches to Scapa Flow, in the Orkney Islands of Scotland. The island has two lighthouses. Graemsay lies within the parish of Stromness. Hoy Sound Low Light is situated 3,700 feet south of Ness Battery, Stromness.
Inner Holm
Islet
Photo: W. L. Tarbert, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Inner Holm is a small inhabited island in Stromness harbour and one of the Orkney islands of Scotland. It is about 350 metres east of the harbour front of Stromness but it is connected to the Orkney Mainland shore at low tide on the opposite side of the bay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stromness and Bu‘ Point.
Stromness
Stromness is a port on the Mainland of the Orkney Islands, with a population of roughly 2200. To the Vikings, Straumsnes meant the headland just south, where a fierce tide rips between Scapa Flow and the Atlantic; get past that and you came safely into Hamnavoe or "peaceful harbour" where the town now stands.
Bu‘ Point
Locality
Photo: John Ireland, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bu‘ Point is a locality, which is situated 2 miles northeast of Ness Battery, Stromness.
Cairston
Locality
Photo: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cairston is a village on Mainland, in Orkney, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Stromness. Cairston is situated 2½ miles northeast of Ness Battery, Stromness.
Ness Battery, Stromness
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- Categories: information and tourism
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.95036° or 58° 57′ 1″ northLongitude
-3.30793° or 3° 18′ 29″ westOpen location code
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Hoy Number 3 Battery and Hoy Number 3 Magazine.
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