Sand of Ness
Sand of Ness is a locality in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Sand of Ness is situated nearby to the locality The Ness, as well as near Castle of Suckrow.Places of Interest
Highlights include Loch of Tankerness.
Loch of Tankerness
Photo: Adam Ward, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Loch of Tankerness is a large, lowland, freshwater loch on the Orkney mainland in Scotland. The loch is roughly triangular in shape and is shallow with a flat bottom that gradually deepens from west to east. It lies approximately 4 mi southeast of Kirkwall.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rerwick Head and Tankerness.
Rerwick Head
Locality
Photo: Adam Ward, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rerwick Head is a locality, which is situated 1½ miles north of Sand of Ness.
Tankerness
Village
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Tankerness is a district in the St Andrews parish in Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. Essentially a peninsula, it is about 13 kilometres south-east of Kirkwall and 1 kilometre east of Kirkwall Airport. Tankerness is situated 2 miles southwest of Sand of Ness.
Sand of Ness
- Type: Locality
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.96864° or 58° 58′ 7″ northLongitude
-2.80072° or 2° 48′ 3″ westOpen location code
9CCVX59X+FPOpenStreetMap ID
node 918034171OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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