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Weather near The String Last report from Kirkwall Airport, 7km away

bay a coastal indentation between two capes or headlands, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf.

• Bay of Carness (0km)
• Elwick (2.2km)
• Bay of Meil (2.2km)
• Bay of Work (2.2km)
• Bay of Kirkwall (2.9km)
• Bay of Furrowend (4km)
• Bay of Berstane (4km)
• Inganess Bay (4.5km)
• Wide Firth (4.6km)
• Rack Wick (4.6km)
• Bay of Sandgarth (5.1km)
• Yinstay Bay (6.5km)
• Veantrow Bay (6.7km)
• Bay of Crook (7.3km)
• Bay of Linton (7.3km)

cape a land area, more prominent than a point, projecting into the sea and marking a notable change in coastal direction.

• Car Ness (1km)
• Strombery (2.2km)
• Head of Work (2.2km)
• Head of Holland (2.9km)
• Ness of Howe (4.6km)
• Hacksness (5.1km)
• Yinstay Head (5.7km)
• Salt Ness (6km)
• Weethick Head (6.3km)
• Quanter Ness (6.5km)
• Tor Ness (6.5km)
• Crookness (7.3km)
• Fit o'Shapinsay (7.4km)

point a tapering piece of land projecting into a body of water, less prominent than a cape.

• Twinness (2.2km)
• Point of Dishan (2.2km)
• Crow Ness (3.7km)
• Vasa Point (4km)
• Ramberry (5.1km)
• Ness of Boray (6.7km)
• Ferry Point (7.2km)

island a tract of land, smaller than a continent, surrounded by water at high water.

• Thieves Holm (1km)
• Helliar Holm (1km)
• Shapinsay (4.5km)
• Grass Holm (6km)
• Holm of Boray (6.3km)
• Ling Holm (6.7km)

Accommodation around The String

The Albert Hotel The Albert Hotel Mounthoolie Lane, Kirkwall

Albert Hotel Mounthoolie Lane, Kirkwall

Broad Street Gardens Apartments Townhouse BROAD STREET GARDENS JUNCTION ROAD, KIRKWALL

rock a conspicuous, isolated rocky mass.

• Linga Skerry (3.7km)
• South Skerry (5.1km)
• Puldrite Skerry (5.7km)
• Skerry of Yinstay (5.7km)
• Quanterness Skerry (6.1km)
• Seal Skerry (7.2km)

rocks conspicuous, isolated rocky masses.

• West Skerries (3.7km)
• Skertours (6km)
• Skerries of Lakequoy (7.9km)

shoal(s) a surface-navigation hazard composed of unconsolidated material.

• Scargun Shoal (4.1km)
• Broad Shoal (6km)

strait a relatively narrow waterway, usually narrower and less extensive than a sound, connecting two larger bodies of water.

• The String (0km)

hospital a building in which sick or injured, especially those confined to bed, are medically treated.

• Balfour Hospital (5.6km)

ancient site a place where archeological remains, old structures, or cultural artifacts are located.

• Quanterness (5.5km)

populated place a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work.

• Scapa (7.2km)

seat of a first-order administrative division seat of a first-order administrative division (PPLC takes precedence over PPLA).

• Kirkwall (6.3km)

sound a long arm of the sea forming a channel between the mainland and an island or islands; or connecting two larger bodies of water.

• Shapinsay Sound (4.6km)

lagoon a shallow coastal waterbody, completely or partly separated from a larger body of water by a barrier island, coral reef or other depositional feature.

• The Ouse (5km)

islands tracts of land, smaller than a continent, surrounded by water at high water.

• Orkney Islands (5.5km)

first-order administrative division a primary administrative division of a country, such as a state in the United States.

• Orkney Islands (5.5km)

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