Hoy Sound Low Light
Graemsay is an island in the western approaches to Scapa Flow, in the Orkney Islands of Scotland. The island has two lighthouses. Graemsay lies within the parish of Stromness.Photo: Fabio Sassi, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Hoy Low”, “Hoy Sound, Low Lighthouse”, and “Low Lighthouse, Hoy Sound”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Graemsay and Stromness Museum.
Graemsay
Island
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Graemsay is an island in the western approaches to Scapa Flow, in the Orkney Islands of Scotland. The island has two lighthouses. Graemsay lies within the parish of Stromness.
Stromness Museum
Museum
Stromness Museum is a small independent museum in the town of Stromness in Orkney, Scotland focusing on the town's connections to maritime and natural history. Stromness Museum is situated 1¼ miles north of Hoy Sound Low Light.
Inner Holm
Islet
Photo: W. L. Tarbert, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Inner Holm is a small inhabited island in Stromness harbour and one of the Orkney islands of Scotland. It is about 350 metres east of the harbour front of Stromness but it is connected to the Orkney Mainland shore at low tide on the opposite side of the bay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stromness and Bu‘ Point.
Stromness
Stromness is a port on the Mainland of the Orkney Islands, with a population of roughly 2200. To the Vikings, Straumsnes meant the headland just south, where a fierce tide rips between Scapa Flow and the Atlantic; get past that and you came safely into Hamnavoe or "peaceful harbour" where the town now stands.
Bu‘ Point
Locality
Photo: John Ireland, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bu‘ Point is a locality, which is situated 2½ miles northeast of Hoy Sound Low Light.
Cairston
Locality
Photo: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cairston is a village on Mainland, in Orkney, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Stromness. Within the village is located the Castle of Cairston which is said to have belonged to the House of Gordons, and may have been built in 1152, as contested in a Saga. Cairston is situated 3 miles north of Hoy Sound Low Light.
Hoy Sound Low Light
- Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
58.94039° or 58° 56′ 25″ northLongitude
-3.31006° or 3° 18′ 36″ westOpen location code
9CCRWMRQ+5XOpenStreetMap ID
way 205075681OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseWikidata ID
Q17827193
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Hoy Sound Low Light” goes by many names.
- French: “phare d’Hoy Sound Low”
- French: “Phare d’Hoy Sound Low”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Graemsay Battery Fire Control (ruins) and Graemsay Battery (ruins).
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