Hoy Lighthouse
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.Photo: Fabio Sassi, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Graemsay Island Range Front”, “Graemsay, Hoy Sound Lighthouse”, “Hoy High Lighthouse”, “Hoy Sound High Light”, and “Hoy Sound High Lighthouse”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Graemsay and Hoy Sound Low Light.
Graemsay
Island
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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
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 1¼ miles west of Hoy Lighthouse.
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. Inner Holm is situated 1½ miles north of Hoy Lighthouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bu‘ Point and Stromness.
Bu‘ Point
Locality
Photo: John Ireland, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bu‘ Point is a locality, which is situated 2 miles north of Hoy Lighthouse.
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.
Houton
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Houton is a settlement 5 miles southeast of Stromness on the island of Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Orphir, and is situated on a minor road off the A964. Houton is situated 3 miles southeast of Hoy Lighthouse.
Hoy Lighthouse
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.93567° or 58° 56′ 8″ northLongitude
-3.27329° or 3° 16′ 24″ westOpen location code
9CCRWPPG+7MOpenStreetMap ID
node 612583346OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseWikidata ID
Q14906863
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to German—“Hoy Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- French: “phare d’Hoy Sound High”
- French: “Phare d’Hoy Sound High”
- German: “Hoy Sound High Lighthouse”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Graemsay Post Office and Mill Pond.
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