The Shell
The Shell is a locality in Orkney Islands, Scotland. The Shell is situated nearby to the locality Dulse Skerry, as well as near Skerry of Yinstay.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kirkwall Airport and Loch of Tankerness.
Kirkwall Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Ken Walton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kirkwall Airport is the main airport serving Orkney in Scotland. It is located 2.5 NM southeast of Kirkwall and is owned by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited. The airport is used by Loganair. Kirkwall Airport is situated 2½ miles southwest of The Shell.
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 Head of Holland and Rerwick Head.
Rerwick Head
Locality
Photo: Adam Ward, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rerwick Head is a locality, which is situated 2 miles east of The Shell.
Tankerness
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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 2½ miles south of The Shell.
The Shell
- Type: Locality
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.98612° or 58° 59′ 10″ northLongitude
-2.85681° or 2° 51′ 25″ westOpen location code
9CCVX4PV+C7OpenStreetMap ID
node 918035042OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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