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

• Backaskaill Bay (0km)
• Kettletoft Bay (2km)
• Little Sea (3.6km)
• Sty Wick (4.1km)
• Bay of Brough (4.1km)
• North Bay (4.1km)
• Braes Wick (4.5km)
• Lamaness Firth (5km)
• The Clogg (5.1km)
• Bay of Stove (5.7km)
• Bay of Newark (7.1km)
• Roos Wick (8km)
• Bay of Carrick (8.4km)
• Otters Wick (8.5km)
• Sanday Sound (8.5km)

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

• Bea Ness (1km)
• Grunavi Head (2km)
• Scuthi Head (2.8km)
• Ness of Brough (4.1km)
• Tor Ness (5km)
• Russ Ness (5.5km)
• Strang Quoy (5.5km)
• Spur Ness (7.2km)
• Grey Head (7.4km)
• Red Head (8.4km)

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

• Hacks Ness (5km)
• Colli Ness (5.7km)
• Rethie Taing (6km)
• Lama Ness (7.2km)
• Whale Point (7.9km)

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 (2.8km)
• Lashy Sound (4.1km)
• Calf Sound (7.4km)
• Papa Sound (8km)
• Spurness Sound (8.9km)

Accommodation around Backaskaill Bay

Albert Hotel Mounthoolie Lane, Kirkwall

Houton Bay Lodge Houton Bay, Orphir

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

• Quoy Ness (2.8km)
• Els Ness (3.1km)
• Lamba Ness (4.1km)
• Burness Peninsula (6.7km)
• Tres Ness (7.4km)

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

• Sanday Island (2.8km)
• Holm of Elsness (2.8km)
• Calf of Eday (7.1km)
• Holm of Huip (8.2km)

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

• Fosky Reef (3.6km)
• Dennis Skerry (5km)
• Baa Gruna (8.4km)
• Long Taing of Newark (9.1km)

rock a conspicuous, isolated rocky mass.

• Bow of Hermaness (4km)
• Lashy Skerry (5.5km)
• The Bow (5.5km)
• Quiabow (7.9km)

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

• Holms of Ire (7.9km)
• Holms of Spurness (8.9km)

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 (5.7km)
• Papa Gruna (8.5km)

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 (6.4km)

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

• The Kell (7.2km)

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

• Kettletoft (1km)

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

• Kierlie Shoal (2.2km)

lake a large inland body of standing water.

• Bea Loch (2.2km)

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