Copenshay or Copinshay, an island of Durness parish, Orkney, 2½ miles E by S of the SE extremity of the Durness portion of the mainland. Measuring 1 by ½ mile, it has lofty cliffs, denizened in the summer months by myriads of sea - fowl, whose eggs and feathers have considerable value. An island, called Horse of Copenshay, lies ½ mile off its NE end.
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