Traveling Luck for Sound of Faray Orkney Islands, United Kingdom

Alternatively known as Sound of Fara

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Weather near Sound of Faray Last report from Kirkwall Airport, 31.5km away

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

• Bay of Cusvie (2.2km)
• Bay of London (2.8km)
• Mill Bay (3.6km)
• Fersness Bay (4km)
• Bay of Carrick (5km)
• Sealskerry Bay (6km)
• Bay of Tafts (6.5km)
• Braes Wick (7.1km)
• Bay of Stove (7.4km)
• Rack Wick (7.8km)
• Bay of Greentoft (8.2km)
• Bay of Backaland (8.5km)
• Bay of Tuquoy (9.3km)

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

• Faray (1km)
• Holm of Fara (2.8km)
• Rusk Holm (3.6km)
• Red Holm (4km)
• Eday (4.1km)
• Calf of Eday (4.5km)
• Wart Holm (6.4km)
• Kili Holm (8.2km)

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

• Greenan Nev (1km)
• Fers Ness (2.2km)
• Little Noup Head (4.5km)
• Red Head (5km)
• Grey Head (5.7km)
• Strang Quoy (6.1km)
• Stanger Head (6.7km)
• Spur Ness (8.2km)

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.

• Sound of Faray (0km)
• Lavey Sound (2.8km)
• Rapness Sound (3.6km)
• Weatherness Sound (4.5km)
• Calf Sound (5.7km)
• Eday Sound (5.7km)
• Lashy Sound (7.4km)
• Sound of Longataing (9.1km)

Accommodation around Sound of Faray

Albert Hotel Mounthoolie Lane, Kirkwall

Houton Bay Lodge Houton Bay, Orphir

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

• Point of Scaraber (2.2km)
• Weather Ness (4.5km)
• Point of Neven (5.5km)
• Point of Huro (5.5km)
• Twinness (6.5km)
• Hacks Ness (8.4km)
• Point of Crook (8.5km)

rock a conspicuous, isolated rocky mass.

• Harp Skerry (2.8km)
• Seal Skerry (6km)
• Lashy Skerry (7.3km)
• The Bow (7.3km)
• Skerry of Wastbist (8.5km)

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

• Fall of Warness (8km)
• The Kell (8.2km)

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

• The Graand (8.3km)
• Dennis Skerry (8.4km)

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

• Lamba Ness (7.4km)
• Quoy Ness (9.2km)

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

• Rull Röst (8.4km)

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

• Westray Firth (7.4km)

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

• Broad Shoal (5.5km)

headland a high projection of land extending into a large body of water beyond the line of the coast.

• Veness (8.5km)

rocks conspicuous, isolated rocky masses.

• The Clumps (6.4km)

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 (9.3km)

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