Hoy

E15005

Hoy is one of the larger islands of the Orkney archipelago in Scotland, known for its dramatic sea cliffs, rugged landscapes, and notable sea stack the Old Man of Hoy.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Hoy canonical 40

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Neolithic tomb ⓘ
hill ⓘ
inhabited island ⓘ
island ⓘ
natural harbour ⓘ
nature reserve ⓘ
naval base ⓘ
sea stack ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
hasBodyOfWater Scapa Flow ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
hasCulturalAttraction Dwarfie Stane ⓘ
hasFeature moorland ⓘ
sea cliffs ⓘ
sea stacks ⓘ
valleys ⓘ
hasFerryConnectionTo Graemsay ⓘ
Orkney Mainland ⓘ
surface form: Mainland, Orkney
hasMilitaryHistorySite Lyness Naval Base ⓘ
hasProtectedArea RSPB Hoy reserve ⓘ
hasSeaStack Old Man of Hoy ⓘ
hasSettlement Longhope ⓘ
Lyness ⓘ
Rackwick ⓘ
highestPoint Ward Hill ⓘ
knownFor Old Man of Hoy ⓘ
dramatic sea cliffs ⓘ
rugged landscapes ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
Scots ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
locatedIn North Sea ⓘ
Orkney Islands ⓘ
surface form: Northern Isles

Orkney Islands ⓘ
surface form: Orkney

Orkney Islands ⓘ
Orkney Islands ⓘ
surface form: Orkney archipelago
locatedNear Hoy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
locatedOn Hoy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Hoy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Hoy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Hoy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Hoy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
managedBy Royal Society for the Protection of Birds ⓘ
partOf Scottish mainland ⓘ
surface form: Mainland Scotland and Islands

United Kingdom ⓘ
region Scottish Islands ⓘ
surface form: Highlands and Islands
usedDuring World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (40)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hoy → locatedOn → Hoy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Old Man of Hoy
Hoy → locatedOn → Hoy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Ward Hill
Hoy → locatedOn → Hoy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: RSPB Hoy reserve
Hoy → locatedNear → Hoy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Scapa Flow
Hoy → locatedOn → Hoy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Lyness Naval Base
Hoy → locatedOn → Hoy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Dwarfie Stane
Rackwick → locatedIn → Hoy ⓘ
Longhope → locatedIn → Hoy ⓘ
Dwarfie Stane → location → Hoy ⓘ
Dwarfie Stane → onIsland → Hoy ⓘ
Lyness → locatedIn → Hoy ⓘ
Ward Hill → locatedIn → Hoy ⓘ
Chris Hoy → familyName → Hoy ⓘ
Hoy hills → locatedIn → Hoy ⓘ
subject surface form: Hoy Hills
derived from Old Norse "Skalpaflói" → surroundedBy → Hoy ⓘ
subject surface form: Scapa Flow
South Walls → locatedIn → Hoy ⓘ
Hoy Sound → separates → Hoy ⓘ
Lyness village → locatedIn → Hoy ⓘ
subject surface form: Lyness
Lyness village → locatedOnIsland → Hoy ⓘ
subject surface form: Lyness
Lyness Pier → locatedOn → Hoy ⓘ
Rackwick Bay → locatedIn → Hoy ⓘ