Sanday

Sanday is one of the , northeast of Orkney Mainland. It's a thin low-lying strap, about 12 miles long but seldom reaching a mile wide, flanked by sandy beaches.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in the north of the Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “ostrov ve Skotsku”, “Sanda”, “Sanday Island”, and “Sanday, Orkney”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Sanday Airport and Quoyness chambered cairn.

Aerodrome
Photo: Rob Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is located on Sanday, Orkney Islands, Scotland, 20 NM north‑northeast of .

Archaeological site
Photo: Callum Black, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a Neolithic burial…

Watermill
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is a watermill.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kettletoft.

Village
Photo: John Comloquoy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a settlement on the island of Sanday in , Scotland.

Sanday

Latitude
59.25° or 59° 15′ north
Longitude
-2.5833° or 2° 35′ west
Population
494
Elevation
43 feet (13 metres)
IATA airport code
NDY
UN/LOCODE
GB NDY
Open location code
9CFV7C28+2M
Geo­Names ID
2638602
Wiki­data ID
Q1268170
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Sanday” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Sanday (Orkadak)”
  • Basque: “Sanday”
  • Cebuano: “Sanday Island”
  • Cebuano: “Sanday”
  • Chinese: “桑迪島”
  • Czech: “Sanday”
  • Danish: “Sanday (Orkney)”
  • Danish: “Sanday”
  • Dutch: “Sanday”
  • French: “Sanday”
  • German: “Sanday”
  • Greek: “Σάντι”
  • Italian: “Sanday”
  • Japanese: “サンデー島”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sanday”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sanday i Orknøyane”
  • Norwegian: “Sanday”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Sandeg, Orcanege”
  • Polish: “Sanday”
  • Russian: “Сандей”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Sanndaigh, Arcaibh”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Sanndaigh”
  • Slovak: “Sanday”
  • Swedish: “Sanday”
  • Welsh: “Sanday”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Hammerbrake Hill and Otterswick.

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