Traveling Luck for Shapinsay Sound Orkney Islands, United Kingdom

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Weather near Shapinsay Sound Last report from Kirkwall Airport, 6km away

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

• Bay of Sandgarth (2.2km)
• Yinstay Bay (2.2km)
• Inganess Bay (2.9km)
• Bay of Work (3.1km)
• Bay of Meil (3.1km)
• Bay of Carness (4.6km)
• Bay of Berstane (4.6km)
• Elwick (5km)
• Deer Sound (5km)
• Bay of Kirkwall (6.2km)
• Bay of Linton (6.3km)
• Bay of Crook (6.3km)
• Bay of Suckquoy (6.7km)
• Bay of Furrowend (7.2km)
• Veantrow Bay (8km)
• Den Wick (8.2km)
• Nettle Geo (8.5km)
• Wide Firth (9.1km)
• Rack Wick (9.1km)

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

• Yinstay Head (2km)
• Head of Holland (2.1km)
• Hacksness (2.2km)
• Head of Work (3.1km)
• Rerwick Head (3.7km)
• Ness of Howe (4km)
• Weethick Head (4.5km)
• Fit o'Shapinsay (5km)
• Car Ness (5.5km)
• Strombery (6.5km)
• Black Craig (8.5km)
• Salt Ness (8.9km)

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

• Point of Dishan (5km)
• The Ness (5.7km)
• Braebuster Ness (5.7km)
• Twinness (6.5km)
• Mirkady Point (6.7km)
• Crow Ness (7.2km)
• Vasa Point (7.2km)
• Point of Od (8.5km)

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

• Helliar Holm (3.7km)
• Thieves Holm (5.5km)
• Shapinsay (6.3km)
• Ling Holm (8km)

Accommodation around Shapinsay Sound

The Albert Hotel The Albert Hotel Mounthoolie Lane, Kirkwall

Albert Hotel Mounthoolie Lane, Kirkwall

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rock a conspicuous, isolated rocky mass.

• Skerry of Yinstay (2km)
• South Skerry (2.2km)
• Linga Skerry (8.2km)

rocks conspicuous, isolated rocky masses.

• Skerries of Lakequoy (4.1km)
• West Skerries (8.2km)
• Oyster Skerries (8.5km)

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

• Baas of Linton (7.9km)
• Scargun Shoal (8.4km)

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

• The String (4.6km)

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

• Balfour Hospital (7.6km)

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

• Scapa (9.1km)

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

• Kirkwall (7.3km)

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 (0km)

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 (6km)

reef(s) a surface-navigation hazard composed of consolidated material.

• Chapel Taing (8.2km)

airport a place where aircraft regularly land and take off, with runways, navigational aids, and major facilities for the commercial handling of passengers and cargo.

• Kirkwall Airport (6.7km)

peninsula an elongate area of land projecting into a body of water and nearly surrounded by water.

• Deerness (8.6km)

bank(s) an elevation, typically located on a shelf, over which the depth of water is relatively shallow but sufficient for most surface navigation.

• Mill Sand (6.1km)

Airports close to Shapinsay Sound