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Weather near Hoy Sound Last report from Kirkwall Airport, 26.4km away

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

• Hoy Mouth (2.1km)
• Sel Wick (2.2km)
• Hamla Voe (3.7km)
• The Hap (3.7km)
• Bay of Creekland (4.1km)
• Bay of Quoys (4.1km)
• Bay of Ireland (5.5km)
• Geo of Hellia (5.7km)
• Bight of Mousland (6.3km)
• Lyre Geo (6.3km)
• Garthna Geo (8km)
• Kellyan Hellyan (8km)

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

• The Ness (2.1km)
• Breck Ness (2.2km)
• Mo Ness (4.1km)
• Kame of Hoy (5.7km)
• Saint Johns Head (6.5km)
• Bring Head (7.2km)
• The Sow (7.9km)
• Inga Ness (8.2km)
• Houton Head (9.1km)

rock a conspicuous, isolated rocky mass.

• Showbelly (1km)
• Hoy Skerries (2km)
• Braga (2.2km)
• Skerry of Cletts (2.9km)
• Barr Rock (3.1km)
• Skrowa Skerry (4.5km)
• Sour Skerry (5.7km)
• Peter Skerry (8.2km)
• Old Man of Hoy (9.5km)

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

• Point of Oxan (2.2km)
• Neblonga (4.5km)
• Bu' Point (4.6km)
• Taing of Sandside (4.6km)
• The Nevi (5.7km)
• Neban Point (6.3km)
• Nazegeo Point (6.5km)
• Cauldrus (10km)

Accommodation around Hoy Sound

Houton Bay Lodge Houton Bay Orphir, Orkney

Houton Bay Lodge Houton Bay, Orphir

Merkister Hotel Loch Harray Harray, ORKNEY

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

• Outer Holm (3.1km)
• Inner Holm (3.7km)
• Graemsay (3.7km)
• Mainland (7.9km)

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

• Stromness (2.1km)
• Navershaw (3.7km)
• Quoyness (6.3km)

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.

• Hoy Sound (0km)
• Burra Sound (2.2km)
• Clestran Sound (5.5km)

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

• Sand Eel (4.6km)
• Riddock Shoal (5.5km)

rocks conspicuous, isolated rocky masses.

• Kirk Rocks (0km)
• Skerries of Clestran (6.2km)

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 (4.1km)
• The Fleshes (5km)

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

• Ring of Brogar (8.6km)

mountain an elevation standing high above the surrounding area with small summit area, steep slopes and local relief of 300m or more.

• Ward Hill (6km)

channel the deepest part of a stream, bay, lagoon, or strait, through which the main current flows.

• Bring Deeps (9.3km)

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

• Bow of Hoy (2.2km)

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 (2.9km)

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

• Black Craig (4.5km)

lake a large inland body of standing water.

• Loch of Stenness (7.9km)

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