Loch of Tankerness
Loch of Tankerness is a large, lowland, freshwater loch on the Orkney mainland in Scotland. The loch is roughly triangular in shape and is shallow with a flat bottom that gradually deepens from west to east. It lies approximately 4 mi southeast of Kirkwall.Photo: Adam Ward, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kirkwall Airport and Mine Howe.
Kirkwall Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Ken Walton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kirkwall Airport is the main airport serving Orkney in Scotland. It is located 2.5 NM southeast of Kirkwall and is owned by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited. The airport is used by Loganair. Kirkwall Airport is situated 2 miles west of Loch of Tankerness.
Mine Howe
Archaeological site
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mine Howe is an Iron Age subterranean man-made chamber dug 6 meters deep inside a large mound. It is located in the Tankerness area of Orkney, Scotland, about 5 miles southeast of Kirkwall, the capital of Orkney. Mine Howe is situated 2 miles south of Loch of Tankerness.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tankerness and St Andrews.
Tankerness
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tankerness is a district in the St Andrews parish in Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. Essentially a peninsula, it is about 13 kilometres south-east of Kirkwall and 1 kilometre east of Kirkwall Airport.
St Andrews
Locality
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St Andrews is a parish on Mainland, Orkney in Scotland. It is located east of the town of Kirkwall and the parish of St Ola and lies north of Holm and west of Deerness.
Rerwick Head
Locality
Photo: Adam Ward, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rerwick Head is a locality, which is situated 2 miles northeast of Loch of Tankerness.
Loch of Tankerness
- Type: Body of water
- Description: lake in the east of Mainland, Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK, outflows to Mill Burn, which flows into Deer Sound
- Category: lake
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.96823° or 58° 58′ 6″ northLongitude
-2.84167° or 2° 50′ 30″ westOpen location code
9CCVX595+78OpenStreetMap ID
way 118957946OpenStreetMap feature
natural=waterWikidata ID
Q18737003
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