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Weather near North Head Last report from Kirkwall Airport, 26.4km away

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

• North Head (0km)
• Barth Head (4.1km)
• The Wing (4.6km)
• The Nev (5.7km)
• Herston Head (6.3km)
• Harrabrough Head (6.3km)
• Brough Ness (6.5km)
• Cantick Head (6.5km)
• Hoxa Head (8km)
• Stanger Head (8.2km)
• Old Head (8.5km)
• Bigore Head (9.2km)
• Hesta Head (9.2km)
• Garth Head (9.2km)
• Halcro Head (9.3km)
• Red Head (9.5km)
• Aith Head (10.1km)
• Quoy Ness (10.2km)

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

• The Brook (0km)
• The Haven (0km)
• Barth Wick (4.6km)
• Bur Wick (4.6km)
• Sand Wick (5.7km)
• Wind Wick (7.5km)
• Rami Geo (8.3km)
• Ham Geo (8.5km)
• Kirk Bay (8.5km)
• Widewall Bay (8.5km)
• Tree Geo (8.5km)
• Scat Wick (9km)
• Kirk Hope (9.5km)

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

• Tarf Tail (2.2km)
• The Ool (6.7km)
• North Taing (6.7km)
• Swilkie Point (7.3km)
• Ossi Taing (7.5km)
• North Taing (8.5km)
• Stews Taing (9.2km)

rock a conspicuous, isolated rocky mass.

• West Bow (1km)
• South Clett (2km)
• Selki Skerry (2.2km)
• Lother Rock (5.5km)
• Hesta Rock (8.5km)

Accommodation around North Head

Seaview Hotel County Road, John o' Groats

Murray Arms Hotel Back Road, South Ronaldsay

The INN Guest House THE INN St Mary's Holm, ORKNEY

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

• Swona (0km)
• South Ronaldsay (5.5km)
• Switha (6.7km)
• Stroma (9.5km)

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.

• Outer Sound (5km)
• Cantick Sound (7.3km)
• Sound of Hoxa (8km)
• Switha Sound (8.5km)

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

• Burwick (4.6km)
• Newbigging (7.3km)
• Saint Margarets Hope (10.1km)

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

• Croo Taing (10.2km)
• Row Taing (10.2km)

whirlpool a turbulent, rotating movement of water in a stream.

• Liddel Eddy (7.5km)

current a horizontal flow of water in a given direction with uniform velocity.

• The Swilkie (7.3km)

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

• Pentland Firth (4.6km)

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

• South Walls (8.3km)

rocks conspicuous, isolated rocky masses.

• Old Skerries (8.5km)

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