Traveling Luck for The Riv Orkney Islands, United Kingdom

Alternatively known as The Rive

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Weather near The Riv Last report from Kirkwall Airport, 47.5km away

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

• Roos Wick (2.8km)
• Whitemill Bay (2.8km)
• Otters Wick (5km)
• Lamaness Firth (6km)
• North Bay (6.3km)
• Bay of Brough (6.3km)
• Bay of Sandquoy (7.4km)
• Little Sea (7.9km)
• South Bay (9km)
• Bay of Lopness (9.3km)
• Scuthvie Bay (9.3km)
• Bay of Sowerdie (9.3km)
• Kettletoft Bay (10km)
• Sty Wick (10km)
• The Clogg (10.1km)
• Backaskaill Bay (10.4km)
• Bay of Newark (10.7km)
• Bay of Wheevi (10.9km)

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

• Tor Ness (6km)
• Ness of Brough (6.3km)
• West Ayre (6.4km)
• Russ Ness (8.2km)
• Tafts Ness (9.1km)
• Scuthi Head (9.4km)
• Strom Ness (9.9km)
• Lop Ness (10km)
• Bea Ness (10.1km)
• Brides Ness (10.9km)
• Grunavi Head (11.1km)

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

• Whitemill Point (2.8km)
• Whale Point (3.6km)
• Lama Ness (4.1km)
• Rethie Taing (5km)
• Long Taing (5.4km)
• Colli Ness (6km)
• Twinness (8.1km)

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

• The Riv (0km)
• Baa of Trevan (2.2km)
• The Lotheran (3km)
• Crow Taing (7.4km)
• Long Taing of Newark (7.8km)
• Baa Gruna (9.4km)
• Gerra Taing (10.9km)

Accommodation around The Riv

Albert Hotel Mounthoolie Lane, Kirkwall

rock a conspicuous, isolated rocky mass.

• Whitemill Skerry (3km)
• The Skerry (3.6km)
• Outer Skerry (4.5km)
• Bow of Hermaness (6.7km)
• Masewell Rock (7.3km)

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

• Sanday Island (8km)
• North Ronaldsay (10.1km)

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

• Burness Peninsula (4km)
• Els Ness (9.9km)

rocks conspicuous, isolated rocky masses.

• Runabrake (7.2km)
• Twinness Rocks (7.3km)

tidal flat(s) a large flat area of mud or sand attached to the shore and alternately covered and uncovered by the tide.

• Cata Sand (8.5km)

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

• Kettletoft (10.1km)

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

• Holms of Ire (3.6km)

estuary a funnel-shaped stream mouth or embayment where fresh water mixes with sea water under tidal influences.

• North Ronaldsay Firth (9.3km)

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

• The Tuo (3km)

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

• Cuthe Bank (9.3km)

lake a large inland body of standing water.

• Bea Loch (8.2km)

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