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Weather near Burness Peninsula Last report from Kirkwall Airport, 44km away

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

• Lamaness Firth (2km)
• Roos Wick (2.8km)
• Whitemill Bay (2.8km)
• Bay of Brough (2.8km)
• North Bay (2.8km)
• Otters Wick (3km)
• Little Sea (4km)
• Kettletoft Bay (6km)
• Sty Wick (6km)
• The Clogg (6.3km)
• Backaskaill Bay (6.7km)
• Bay of Newark (7.2km)
• Bay of Sandquoy (7.4km)
• Bay of Lopness (7.4km)
• Bay of Sowerdie (9.4km)
• Scuthvie Bay (9.4km)

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

• Tor Ness (2km)
• Ness of Brough (2.8km)
• Russ Ness (4.5km)
• West Ayre (5.1km)
• Bea Ness (6.3km)
• Scuthi Head (6.4km)
• Grunavi Head (7.8km)
• Lop Ness (9.1km)
• Tafts Ness (10km)

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

• The Riv (4km)
• The Lotheran (5km)
• Long Taing of Newark (5.5km)
• Baa of Trevan (6km)
• Baa Gruna (6.4km)
• Crow Taing (7.4km)
• Fosky Reef (7.9km)
• Gerra Taing (9.4km)

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

• Lama Ness (1km)
• Colli Ness (2.2km)
• Whitemill Point (2.8km)
• Rethie Taing (3km)
• Whale Point (3.6km)
• Long Taing (5.5km)

Accommodation around Burness Peninsula

Albert Hotel Mounthoolie Lane, Kirkwall

rock a conspicuous, isolated rocky mass.

• The Skerry (3.6km)
• Bow of Hermaness (3.6km)
• Outer Skerry (4.5km)
• Whitemill Skerry (5km)
• Lashy Skerry (9km)
• The Bow (9km)

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

• Burness Peninsula (0km)
• Els Ness (6km)
• Tres Ness (8.9km)
• Lamba Ness (9.3km)
• Quoy Ness (9.4km)

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

• Sanday Island (4.1km)
• Holm of Elsness (8km)

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.

• Holm Sound (8km)
• Lashy Sound (9.3km)

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

• The Tuo (5km)
• Kierlie Shoal (8.2km)

tidal flat(s) a large flat area of mud or sand attached to the shore and alternately covered and uncovered by the tide.

• Cata Sand (5km)

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

• Kettletoft (6.3km)

islands tracts of land, smaller than a continent, surrounded by water at high water.

• Holms of Ire (3.6km)

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 (7.4km)

lake a large inland body of standing water.

• Bea Loch (4.5km)

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