Vehicle area
Vehicle area is a station in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Vehicle area is situated nearby to the hamlet Backaland.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Eday.
Eday
Photo: Beep boop beep, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Eday is one of the Orkney Islands of Scotland. It's about 15 miles north of the Orkney Mainland, 8 miles long by a mile wide but pinched in the middle: in Old Norse Eiðøy means "isthmus island".
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Backaland and Whitehall.
Backaland
Hamlet
Photo: Des Colhoun, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Backaland is a settlement on the island of Eday in Orkney, Scotland. The settlement is also within the parish of Eday, and it is located to the south west of the island. Backaland is situated at the southern end of the B9063.
Whitehall
Village
Photo: Lis Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whitehall is the village on the island of Stronsay, in the Orkney Islands of Scotland. It is a small village with about 50 houses. It also has a shop, a café and heritage centre, known as the Fish Mart; the Stronsay Hotel, with attached pub; a post office, a fisherman's pier and a ferry pier. Whitehall is situated 5 miles east of Vehicle area.
Stronsay
Photo: Adam Ward, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stronsay is one of the Orkney Islands, with a population in 2011 of 349. It's low-lying, indented by three large bays, with its main settlement at Whitehall.
Vehicle area
- Type: Station
- Categories: building, passenger ship terminal, and transportation
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
59.15576° or 59° 9′ 21″ northLongitude
-2.74746° or 2° 44′ 51″ westOpen location code
9CFV5743+82OpenStreetMap ID
way 1011014370OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=ferry_terminalOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=station
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