Papa Westray

Papa Westray is one of the north of mainland Scotland - nearly the northernmost, but North Ronaldsay edges it by half a mile. Papa Westray measures 4 miles north-south and a mile across, and is more low-lying and fertile than nearby Westray.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island, part of the Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Papa Westray Island” and “Papay”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Papa Westray Airport and Knap of Howar.

Aerodrome
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is located 22 NM north of on Papa Westray, , . The facility is best known for being one of the two airports joined by the shortest scheduled flight in the world, a leg of Loganair's inter-island service, to .

Archaeological site
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The on the island of Papa Westray in , , is a Neolithic farmstead which may be the oldest preserved stone house in northern Europe.

Islet
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The is a very small uninhabited island in the Orkney Islands. It is around 21 hectares in size. It can be visited from its neighbouring island Papa Westray, or Papay, an island less than a hundred metres west of the Holm.

Papa Westray

Latitude
59.3548° or 59° 21′ 17″ north
Longitude
-2.8896° or 2° 53′ 22″ west
Population
90
Elevation
92 feet (28 metres)
IATA airport code
PPW
United Nations Location Code
GB PPW
Open location code
9CFV9436+W5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 4569530
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
2640629
Wiki­data ID
Q931770
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Satellite Map

Discover Papa Westray from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Papa Westray” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Islla Papa Westray”
  • Asturian: “Papa Westray”
  • Basque: “Papa Westray”
  • Catalan: “Papa Westray (Illes Òrcades)”
  • Cebuano: “Papa Westray Island”
  • Cebuano: “Papa Westray”
  • Chinese: “帕帕韋斯特雷島”
  • Danish: “Papa Westray”
  • Dutch: “Papa Westray”
  • French: “Papa Westray”
  • German: “Papa Westray”
  • Greek: “Πάπα Γουέστρι”
  • Hebrew: “פאפא וסטריי”
  • Indonesian: “Papa Westray”
  • Italian: “Papa Westray”
  • Japanese: “パパ・ウェストレー島”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Papa Westray”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Papa Westray”
  • Norwegian: “Papa Westray”
  • Portuguese: “Papa Westray”
  • Russian: “Вестрэй”
  • Russian: “Папа-Уэстрей”
  • Scots: “Papa Westray”
  • Scots: “Papa Westree”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Papa Westray”
  • Spanish: “Papa Westray”
  • Swedish: “Papa Westray”
  • Welsh: “Papa Westray”

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