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.

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 4 miles northwest of Scarpaquoy.

Scarpaquoy

Type: Agricultural land
Category: agriculture
Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

59.08988° or 59° 5′ 24″ north

Longitude

-2.55516° or 2° 33′ 19″ west

Named after

scarp (a cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge caused by erosion or faulting;the steeper side of an escarpment) + kwi (Norn: an enclosure or milking-place for cattle, shelter and pasture for cattle, pastures, parcelled out, belonging to a farm, or commo

Open location code

9CFV3CQV+XW

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1312414178

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=farmland

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