Details of Hoy

Hoy

Classification and Statistics

Type: Island

Population: 392

Area: 14318 ha (35379 acres)

Tourist Rating: No

Text of Entry Updated: 06-MAY-2012

Location

Latitude: 58.8493°N Longitude: 3.3015°W

National Grid Reference: ND 250 965

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Related Entries

There are 88 related entries.
( 10 Attractions, 1 Council Area, 1 Historical County, 61 Features, 1 Parish, 3 People and 11 Settlements )
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Attractions:	Berridale Woodlands Betty Corrigall's Grave Dwarfie Stane Hackness Battery Hackness Martello Tower	Hoy & West Mainland National Scenic Area Longhope Lifeboat Museum Lyness Naval Cemetery Old Man of Hoy Scapa Flow Visitor Centre
Council Area:	Orkney
Features:	Aith Head Berriedale Wood Bring Deeps Cantick Head Cantick Head Lighthouse Cava Chalmers Hope Creekland, Bay of Crock Ness Cuilags Fara Gallow Tuag Geniefea, Lochs of Graemsay Ha Wick Heldale Water Hill of White Hamars Nature Reserve Hoglinns Water Hoy Hoy, Water of Knap of Trowieglen Lame, Geo of the Lang Geo Little Rack Wick Longhope Lyrawa Bay Lyrawa Burn Lyrawa Hill Lyrie Geo Melsetter House Midland Ness	Mill Bay Moaness Myre Bay North Bay North Ness North Walls Ore Bay Orkney Mainland Peat Bay Pegal Bay Pegal Burn Pegal Head Pegal Hill Quoy Quoys, Bay of Rack Wick Rysa Bay Rysa Little Rysa Sound Sands Water Scad Head Scapa Flow Sneuk Head South Ness South Walls Tor Ness Ward Hill West Hill White Hamars, Hill of Withigill, Lochs of
Historical Counties:	Orkney
Parishes:	Walls and Flotta
People:	Matthew Forster Heddle Sir Peter Maxwell Davis	Alan Stevenson
Settlements:	Brims Hackness Houton Hoy Longhope Lyness	Melsetter Moness Quoyness Rackwick Rysa

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