Traveling Luck for Mainland Orkney Islands, United Kingdom

Alternatively known as Pomona

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Weather near Mainland Last report from Kirkwall Airport, 21.8km away

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

• Bu' Point (4.1km)
• Nazegeo Point (4.1km)
• Neban Point (7.2km)
• Cauldrus (7.3km)
• Neblonga (7.4km)
• Taing of Sandside (8km)
• Point of Oxan (8.9km)
• Verron (9.5km)
• The Nevi (10km)
• Point of Howana Geo (10km)
• Holm Point (10.3km)

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

• Bay of Ireland (4km)
• Hamla Voe (4.5km)
• Kellyan Hellyan (6.5km)
• Garthna Geo (6.5km)
• Lyre Geo (7.2km)
• Bight of Mousland (7.2km)
• Bay of Skaill (7.9km)
• The Hap (8.2km)
• Hoy Mouth (9.3km)
• Sel Wick (10.1km)
• Bay of Houton (10.8km)

rock a conspicuous, isolated rocky mass.

• Barr Rock (6.3km)
• Showbelly (7.2km)
• Braga (7.3km)
• Skrowa Skerry (7.4km)
• Skerry of Cletts (8.5km)
• Hoy Skerries (9.5km)
• Sour Skerry (10km)
• Peter Skerry (10.1km)

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

• Mainland (0km)
• Inner Holm (4.5km)
• Outer Holm (6.3km)
• Graemsay (8.2km)
• Holm of Grimbister (10.3km)

Accommodation around Mainland

Merkister Hotel Loch Harray Harray, ORKNEY

Houton Bay Lodge Houton Bay, Orphir

Houton Bay Lodge Houton Bay Orphir, Orkney

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

• The Ness (6.7km)
• Breck Ness (7.3km)
• Inga Ness (7.4km)
• Row Head (8.6km)
• Houton Head (10.4km)

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

• Navershaw (4.5km)
• Stromness (6.7km)
• Finstown (7.4km)
• Orphir (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.

• Hoy Sound (7.9km)
• Clestran Sound (8km)
• Burra Sound (8.9km)

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

• Riddock Shoal (8km)
• Sand Eel (8km)

rocks conspicuous, isolated rocky masses.

• Skerries of Clestran (6.1km)
• Kirk Rocks (7.9km)

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

• Mallow Bank (6.1km)
• The Fleshes (10.1km)

lake a large inland body of standing water.

• Loch of Stenness (0km)
• Loch of Harray (2.9km)

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

• Ring of Brogar (1km)

hill a rounded elevation of limited extent rising above the surrounding land with local relief of less than 300m.

• Ward Hill (8.6km)

ruin(s) a destroyed or decayed structure which is no longer functional.

• Skara Brae (8.6km)

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

• Bow of Hoy (10.1km)

harbor(s) a haven or space of deep water so sheltered by the adjacent land as to afford a safe anchorage for ships.

• Stromness Harbour (5km)

cliff(s) a high, steep to perpendicular slope overlooking a waterbody or lower area.

• Black Craig (7.4km)

Airports close to Mainland