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Traveling Luck for Point of Buckquoy Orkney Islands, United Kingdom
The timezone in Point of Buckquoy is Europe/London
Morning Sunrise at 08:07 and Evening Sunset at 15:47. It's Dark
Rough GPS position Latitude. 59.1333°, Longitude. -3.3167°
Morning Sunrise at 08:07 and Evening Sunset at 15:47. It's Dark
Rough GPS position Latitude. 59.1333°, Longitude. -3.3167°
Weather near Point of Buckquoy Last report from Kirkwall Airport, 32.8km away
shower(s) in vicinity Temperature: 9°C / 48°FWind: 28.8km/h West
Cloud: Few at 1400ft Broken at 3400ft
Satellite map of Point of Buckquoy and it's surroudings...
Geographic features & Photographs around Point of Buckquoy in Orkney Islands, United Kingdom
point a tapering piece of land projecting into a body of water, less prominent than a cape.
- Point of Buckquoy (0km)
- Whitaloo Point (1km)
- Skea (5.5km)
- Outshore Point (6.3km)
- Verron (8km)
- Point of Howana Geo (8.2km)
- Fisk Hellia (9.2km)
- Point of Hisber (11.2km)
- Cauldrus (12.1km)
- Quoynalonga Ness (12.9km)
- Point of Skeo (15.3km)
- Neban Point (16.2km)
- Sacquoy Head (16.3km)
- Point of Vastray (16.5km)
- Scara Taing (16.8km)
- Neblonga (18.1km)
- Banks (18.4km)
bay a coastal indentation between two capes or headlands, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf.
- Skipi Geo (0km)
- Birsay Bay (1km)
- Loop of Crooie (2.8km)
- Mar Wick (4.5km)
- Bay of Skaill (10km)
- Kellyan Hellyan (14.1km)
- Garthna Geo (14.1km)
- Bight of Mousland (16.2km)
- Lyre Geo (16.2km)
- Wood Wick (16.8km)
cape a land area, more prominent than a point, projecting into the sea and marking a notable change in coastal direction.
- Brough Head (1km)
- Marwick Head (4.5km)
- Costa Head (7.4km)
- Row Head (10.1km)
- Scabra Head (12.9km)
- Inga Ness (14.2km)
- Aiker Ness (14.4km)
- Bring Head (14.5km)
- Saviskaill Head (18.1km)
lake a large inland body of standing water.
- Loch of Boardhouse (2.8km)
- Loch of Hundland (5.5km)
- Loch of Swannay (6.1km)
- Loch of Harray (15.2km)
- Loch of Stenness (16.4km)
Accommodation around Point of Buckquoy
Merkister Hotel Loch Harray Harray, ORKNEY
Houton Bay Lodge Houton Bay, Orphir
Albert Hotel Mounthoolie Lane, Kirkwall
populated place a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work.
rock a conspicuous, isolated rocky mass.
- Latha Skerry (2.8km)
- Standard (6.4km)
- Quoy (14.3km)
- Skrowa Skerry (18.1km)
island a tract of land, smaller than a continent, surrounded by water at high water.
current a horizontal flow of water in a given direction with uniform velocity.
- Weal Race (12.4km)
- Rullard Röst (17.2km)
bank(s) an elevation, typically located on a shelf, over which the depth of water is relatively shallow but sufficient for most surface navigation.
- Sands of Evie (13.4km)
- North Shoal (19.1km)
ancient site a place where archeological remains, old structures, or cultural artifacts are located.
- Ring of Brogar (16.7km)
channel the deepest part of a stream, bay, lagoon, or strait, through which the main current flows.
- Burgar Röst (11.2km)
ruin(s) a destroyed or decayed structure which is no longer functional.
- Skara Brae (10.1km)
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.
- Eynhallow Sound (13.3km)
cliff(s) a high, steep to perpendicular slope overlooking a waterbody or lower area.
- Black Craig (18.1km)
Wikipedia entries close to Point of Buckquoy
- Brough of Birsay tower
- HMS Hampshire (1903) military
- Skara Brae world herita landmark
- Eynhallow isle isle
- Rousay isle isle
- Finstown city o city
- Stromness city m city
- Wyre isle isle
- Gairsay isle isle
- Mainland (Orkney) isle isle
- Egilsay isle isle
- Graemsay isle isle
- Orkney isle isle
- Noup Head Lighthouse tower landmark
- Kirkwall city k city
- Westray isle isle
Airports close to Point of Buckquoy
Kirkwall(KOI), Kirkwall, Scotland (32.8km)Wick(WIC), Wick, U.k. (81.7km)
Sumburgh(LSI), Sumburgh, U.k. (151km)
Lossiemouth(LMO), Lossiemouth, U.k (170.8km)
Scatsta(SDZ), Scatsta, U.k. (196km)