Hoy

E15005

Neolithic tomb hill inhabited island island natural harbour nature reserve naval base sea stack

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.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
RSPB Hoy reserve	0
Ward Hill	0
Dwarfie Stane	0
Lyness Naval Base	0
Old Man of Hoy	0
Scapa Flow	0

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

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

Orkney Islands → contains → Hoy ⓘ

Scottish Islands → hasPart → Hoy ⓘ

Orkney Islands → highestPointLocatedOn → Hoy ⓘ

Ward Hill → isHighestPointOf → Hoy ⓘ

Graemsay → locatedBetween → Hoy ⓘ

Longhope → locatedIn → Hoy ⓘ

Lyness → locatedIn → Hoy ⓘ

Old Man of Hoy → locatedIn → Hoy ⓘ

RSPB Hoy reserve → locatedIn → Hoy ⓘ

Rackwick → locatedIn → Hoy ⓘ

Ward Hill → locatedIn → Hoy ⓘ

Hoy → locatedNear → Hoy self-linksurface differs ⓘ

subject surface form: Scapa Flow