Pole Star Pier
Pole Star Pier is a pier in Orkney Islands, Scotland. Pole Star Pier is situated nearby to the arts center Stromness Studios aka Wasps, as well as near Linburns Pier.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Stromness Museum and Stromness Town Hall.
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 580 feet southwest of Pole Star Pier.
Stromness Town Hall
Town hall
Photo: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stromness Town Hall is situated 1,200 feet north of Pole Star Pier.
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.
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. Cairston is situated 2 miles northeast of Pole Star Pier.
Pole Star Pier
- Type: Pier
- Also known as: “Lighthouse Commissioner’s Pier”
- Category: transportation
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.95906° or 58° 57′ 33″ northLongitude
-3.29936° or 3° 17′ 58″ westOpen location code
9CCRXP52+J7OpenStreetMap ID
way 584719283OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=pier
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Stromness Studios aka Wasps and Linburns Pier.
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