North Ronaldsay
North Ronaldsay is the most northerly of the Orkney Islands of Scotland. It's 3 miles long by a mile wide, low-lying, and in 2011 had a population of 72.Photo: John Tustin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Greg Fitchett, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: northernmost island in the Orkney archipelago of Scotland
- Also known as: “North Ronaldshay”
Places of Interest
Highlights include North Ronaldsay Airport and Holland, standing stone 370m WSW of, North Ronaldsay.
North Ronaldsay Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Lis Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
North Ronaldsay Airport is located on North Ronaldsay island, 28 NM northeast by north of Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland. North Ronaldsay Aerodrome has a CAA Ordinary Licence that allows flights for the public transport of passengers or for flying instruction as authorised by the licensee.
Holland, standing stone 370m WSW of, North Ronaldsay
Archaeological site
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holland, standing stone 370m WSW of, North Ronaldsay is an archaeological site.
Broch of Burrian
Archaeological site
Photo: Rob Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Broch of Burrian is an Iron Age broch located on North Ronaldsay in the Orkney Islands, in Scotland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bustatoun and Ancumtoun.
Bustatoun
Hamlet
Photo: Rob Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bustatoun is a village on the island of North Ronaldsay, in Orkney, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Cross and Burness.
Ancumtoun
Hamlet
Photo: Lis Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ancumtoun is a small settlement in the north of the island of North Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Cross and Burness.
North Ronaldsay
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
59.3702° or 59° 22′ 13″ northLongitude
-2.4101° or 2° 24′ 36″ westPopulation
72Elevation
39 feet (12 metres)IATA airport code
NRLUnited Nations Location Code
GB NROOpen location code
9CFV9HCQ+3XOpenStreetMap ID
way 4569485OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“North Ronaldsay” goes by many names.
- Basque: “North Ronaldsay”
- Cebuano: “North Ronaldsay”
- Chinese: “北羅納德賽島”
- Danish: “North Ronaldsay”
- Dutch: “North Ronaldsay”
- Faroese: “North Ronaldsay”
- French: “North Ronaldsay”
- German: “North Ronaldsay”
- Greek: “Βόρειο Ρονάλντσι”
- Hebrew: “צפון רונלדסיי”
- Irish: “Rinneansaigh”
- Italian: “North Ronaldsay”
- Japanese: “ノース・ロナルドシー”
- Japanese: “ノース・ロナルドセー島”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “North Ronaldsay”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “North Ronaldsay”
- Norwegian: “North Ronaldsay”
- Polish: “North Ronaldsay”
- Russian: “Норт-Роналдсей”
- Scots: “North Ronaldsay”
- Scots: “North Ronalshee”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Rinneansaigh”
- Spanish: “North Ronaldsay”
- Swedish: “North Ronaldsay”
- Welsh: “North Ronaldsay”
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