Traveling Luck for The North Sound Orkney Islands, United Kingdom

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Weather near The North Sound Last report from Kirkwall Airport, 41.6km away

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

• Bay of Carrick (6km)
• Bay of Cusvie (8km)
• Skel Wick (8.1km)
• Bay of Burland (8.1km)
• Rack Wick (8.1km)
• South Wick (8.5km)
• Bay of Moclett (9km)
• Bay of Swartmill (9.1km)
• Bay of Tafts (9.3km)
• Bay of Tuquoy (10km)
• Bay of Cleat (10.1km)
• Roos Wick (10.1km)
• North Wick (10.6km)

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

• Weather Ness (7.2km)
• Spo Ness (8.1km)
• Mill Point (8.1km)
• Teistie Taing (8.5km)
• Vest Ness (9km)
• Whale Point (9.1km)
• Twinness (9.3km)
• Rethie Taing (9.4km)
• Weelie Taing (10km)
• Surhoose Taing (10.6km)
• Point of Neven (10.7km)
• Point of Huro (10.7km)

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

• Little Noup Head (6km)
• Red Head (6km)
• Grey Head (6.3km)
• Stanger Head (6.4km)
• Head of Moclett (8.1km)
• Scuthi Head (9.3km)
• Greenan Nev (10km)
• Grunavi Head (10.7km)
• Strang Quoy (10.7km)

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.

• The North Sound (0km)
• Calf Sound (6.3km)
• Weatherness Sound (7.2km)
• Lavey Sound (8.9km)
• Rapness Sound (9.4km)
• Lashy Sound (9.4km)
• Sound of Faray (10.1km)

Accommodation around The North Sound

Albert Hotel Mounthoolie Lane, Kirkwall

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

• Red Holm (6.3km)
• Calf of Eday (8.2km)
• Holm of Papa (8.5km)
• Holm of Fara (8.9km)
• Papa Westray (10.1km)
• Faray (10.4km)

rock a conspicuous, isolated rocky mass.

• Skelwick Skerry (7.1km)
• The Bow (7.2km)
• Lashy Skerry (7.2km)
• Little Skerry (7.4km)
• Skerry of Wastbist (9km)
• Bow of Hermaness (10km)

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

• Sneuk (9.1km)
• The Lotheran (9.3km)

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

• The Tuo (9.3km)
• Broad Shoal (10.7km)

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

• Holms of Ire (9.1km)

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

• Lamba Ness (9.4km)

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 (6.4km)

lake a large inland body of standing water.

• Loch of Saint Tredwell (8.1km)

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