John Rae Monument

John Rae Monument is a memorial in Orkney Islands, Scotland. John Rae Monument is situated nearby to the building Stromness Lifeboat Station, as well as near the memorial Alexander Graham Fountain, Victoria Street, Stromness.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pier Arts Centre and Alexander Graham Fountain, Victoria Street, Stromness.

Pier Arts Centre

Art gallery

Photo: John Ireland, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Pier Arts Centre is an art gallery and museum in Stromness, Orkney, Scotland. It was established in 1979 to provide a home for an important collection of fine art donated to "be held in trust for Orkney" by the author, peace activist and philanthropist Margaret Gardiner.

Alexander Graham Fountain, Victoria Street, Stromness

Memorial

Photo: Braveheart, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Alexander Graham Fountain, Victoria Street, Stromness is a memorial.

Stromness Lifeboat Station

Building

Photo: hayley green, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stromness Lifeboat Station is located in the harbour town of Stromness, the second largest town of Mainland, Orkney, in the Isles of Orkney, Scotland. A lifeboat was first stationed at Stromness by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution in 1867.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stromness and Bu‘ Point.

Stromness

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.

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.

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. Within the village is located the Castle of Cairston which is said to have belonged to the House of Gordons, and may have been built in 1152, as contested in a Saga.

John Rae Monument

Type: Memorial
Inscription: “Dr John Rae 1813-1893. Arctic Explorer 1846-1854. .......... In 1854, he discovered Rae Strait the last link in the first navigable North-West Passage between the Atlantic & Pacific Oceans & the demise of the ill-fated Franklin expedition.”
Category: historic site
Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

58.96345° or 58° 57′ 48″ north

Longitude

-3.29751° or 3° 17′ 51″ west

Open location code

9CCRXP72+9X

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4158110689

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Stromness Library and Warehouse Pier.

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