Traveling Luck for Gairsay Sound Orkney Islands, United Kingdom

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Weather near Gairsay Sound Last report from Kirkwall Airport, 17.6km away

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

• Odin Ness (2km)
• Stromness Taing (2.2km)
• Point of Hellia (2.8km)
• Banks (3.7km)
• Scara Taing (4.1km)
• Point of Avelshay (4.1km)
• Taing of Trumland (4.1km)
• Ness of Boray (4.1km)
• Point of the Wart (4.5km)
• Point of Vastray (4.5km)
• The Galt (5.5km)
• Point of Skeo (6.5km)
• Vasa Point (7.2km)
• Twinness (8.5km)
• Mou Ness (8.9km)

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

• Wyre (2.2km)
• Gairsay (2.2km)
• Sweyn Holm (2.9km)
• Holm of Boray (4.5km)
• Grass Holm (5km)
• Egilsay (6.7km)
• Ling Holm (8.2km)
• Holm of Scockness (8.2km)
• Rousay (8.5km)
• Shapinsay (8.6km)
• Little Green Holm (9.4km)

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

• Millburn Bay (2.9km)
• Wass Wick (2.9km)
• Wood Wick (4.1km)
• Bay of Isbister (6.7km)
• Bay of Furrowend (7.2km)
• Rack Wick (7.9km)
• Wide Firth (7.9km)
• Veantrow Bay (8.2km)

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

• Salt Ness (5.7km)
• Tor Ness (6km)
• Crookness (6.3km)
• Aiker Ness (6.4km)
• Strombery (8.5km)

Accommodation around Gairsay Sound

The Albert Hotel The Albert Hotel Mounthoolie Lane, Kirkwall

Albert Hotel Mounthoolie Lane, Kirkwall

Broad Street Gardens Apartments Townhouse BROAD STREET GARDENS JUNCTION ROAD, KIRKWALL

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.

• Gairsay Sound (0km)
• Wyre Sound (2.2km)
• Rousay Sound (6.3km)
• Eynhallow Sound (8.2km)
• Howe Sound (8.5km)

rock a conspicuous, isolated rocky mass.

• Seal Skerry (4km)
• Puldrite Skerry (6km)
• Quoy (7.3km)
• Benlin Rock (7.4km)
• Linga Skerry (8km)

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

• The Taing (2.2km)
• North Head (2.2km)
• Hen of Gairsay (2.9km)

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

• Redland (5.1km)
• Georth (6.1km)

rocks conspicuous, isolated rocky masses.

• Skertours (5km)
• West Skerries (8km)

lagoon a shallow coastal waterbody, completely or partly separated from a larger body of water by a barrier island, coral reef or other depositional feature.

• The Ouse (9.3km)

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

• Broad Shoal (5km)

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

• Point of the Graand (5.7km)

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

• Sands of Evie (7.4km)

lake a large inland body of standing water.

• Galt Skerry (5.5km)

Airports close to Gairsay Sound