Shapinsay

Shapinsay is one of the smaller , a short ferry ride from Mainland Orkney. It measures about 7 miles north-south by 3 miles east-west, with a population in 2011 of 307, and Balfour the only village.
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  • Island
  • …has 307 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 102 feet (31 metres)
  • Description: island and civil parish in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK

Places of Interest

Highlights include Linton Chapel and Helliar Holm.

Ruins
Photo: C Michael Hogan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a ruined on the east coast of Shapinsay, .

Islet
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is an uninhabited island off the coast of Shapinsay in the Islands, .

is a surface water body known as an ayre…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Balfour and Quholm.

Village
Photo: Shirley Grant, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village on the island of Shapinsay, .

Hamlet
Photo: C Michael Hogan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a farm in the northeast of Shapinsay, in the islands of , Scotland.

Shapinsay

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Latitude
59.0524° or 59° 3′ 9″ north
Longitude
-2.867° or 2° 52′ 1″ west
UN/LOCODE
GB SPY
Open location code
9CFV342M+X6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 4569357
Geo­Names ID
2638133
Wiki­data ID
Q1434255

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Shapinsay” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شابينساي”
  • Basque: “Shapinsay”
  • Bulgarian: “Шапинсай”
  • Cebuano: “Shapinsay”
  • Chinese: “沙平賽島”
  • Chinese: “沙平赛岛”
  • Czech: “Shapinsay”
  • Danish: “Shapinsay”
  • Dutch: “Shapinsay”
  • French: “Shapinsay”
  • German: “Shapinsay”
  • Greek: “Σάπινσι”
  • Irish: “Siapansaigh”
  • Italian: “Shapinsay”
  • Japanese: “シェイビンセー島”
  • Japanese: “シェイビンゼイ島”
  • Northern Frisian: “Shapinsay”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Shapinsay”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Shapinsay”
  • Norwegian: “Shapinsay”
  • Persian: “شاپینسی”
  • Polish: “Shapinsay”
  • Portuguese: “Shapinsay”
  • Russian: “Шапинсей”
  • Scots: “Shapinsay”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Siapansaigh”
  • Spanish: “Shapinsay”
  • Swedish: “Shapinsay”
  • Vietnamese: “Shapinsay”
  • Welsh: “Shapinsay”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Odin and South Church burial ground and Balfour burial-aisle.

Orkney Islands: Highlights

Notable places include Kirkwall and Stromness.

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