Orkney Islands

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archipelago island group

The Orkney Islands are a remote archipelago off the northern coast of Scotland, known for their rugged sandstone landscapes, rich Neolithic archaeological sites, and distinctive maritime culture.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Orkney 15
Northern Isles 6
Orkney archipelago 4

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archipelago ⓘ
island group ⓘ
administeredAs Orkney Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Orkney Islands Council area
cededInYear 1472 ⓘ
cededTo Scotland ⓘ
climate cool maritime climate ⓘ
contains Burray ⓘ
Eday ⓘ
Hoy ⓘ
Maeshowe ⓘ
Orkney Mainland ⓘ
surface form: Mainland, Orkney

North Ronaldsay ⓘ
Papa Westray ⓘ
Stenness ⓘ
surface form: Ring of Brodgar

Rousay ⓘ
Sanday ⓘ
Scapa Flow ⓘ
Sanday ⓘ
surface form: Shapinsay

Skara Brae ⓘ
South Ronaldsay ⓘ
Stenness ⓘ
surface form: Stenness Stones

Stronsay ⓘ
Westray ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
governedBy Orkney Islands Council ⓘ
hasAirport Kirkwall Airport ⓘ
hasCapital Kirkwall ⓘ
hasDemonym Orcadian ⓘ
hasFerryLinkTo Scottish mainland ⓘ
Shetland ⓘ
surface form: Shetland Islands
hasHighestPoint Ward Hill ⓘ
hasHistoricRuler Kingdom of Norway ⓘ
hasImportantHarbour Scapa Flow ⓘ
hasMajorIndustry farming ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
renewable energy ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasNumberOfInhabitedIslands about 20 ⓘ
hasNumberOfIslands about 70 ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage English ⓘ
hasTown Stromness ⓘ
hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite Skara Brae ⓘ
surface form: Heart of Neolithic Orkney
highestPointLocatedOn Hoy ⓘ
historicalLanguage Norn ⓘ
Scots ⓘ
knownFor Neolithic archaeological sites ⓘ
maritime culture ⓘ
sandstone landscapes ⓘ
largestSettlement Kirkwall ⓘ
locatedIn Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
surface form: North Atlantic Ocean

Northern Isles ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
locatedNorthOf Scottish mainland ⓘ
partOf Council areas of Scotland ⓘ
separatedBy Pentland Firth ⓘ
separatedFrom Scottish mainland ⓘ
usedAs Royal Navy base in World Wars ⓘ

Referenced by (39)

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

Orkney Islands → administeredAs → Orkney Islands self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orkney Islands Council area
Sanday → administrativeDivisionOf → Orkney Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orkney Islands council area
Orkney Mainland → archipelago → Orkney Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orkney archipelago
Gawain → associatedWith → Orkney Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orkney
Earls of Morton → associatedWithPlace → Orkney Islands ⓘ
subject surface form: Earl of Morton
this entity surface form: Orkney
Highland council area → borderedBy → Orkney Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orkney (maritime boundary)
this entity surface form: Orkney
Scottish mainland → distinctFrom → Orkney Islands ⓘ
Old Red Sandstone → foundInRegion → Orkney Islands ⓘ
Sinclair → hasHistoricalRegionOfOrigin → Orkney Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orkney
Scotland → hasIslandGroup → Orkney Islands ⓘ
Orkney Mainland → hasLargestPopulationIn → Orkney Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orkney archipelago
British Isles → hasMajorIslandGroup → Orkney Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orkney
British Isles → hasPart → Orkney Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orkney
British Isles → hasPart → Orkney Islands ⓘ
Danish colonial empire → hasPart → Orkney Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orkney
Kalmar Union → includesTerritory → Orkney Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orkney
Orkney Mainland → largestIslandOf → Orkney Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orkney archipelago
Bressay → locatedIn → Orkney Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Isles
Fetlar → locatedIn → Orkney Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Isles
Hoy → locatedIn → Orkney Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orkney
Hoy → locatedIn → Orkney Islands ⓘ
Hoy → locatedIn → Orkney Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orkney archipelago
Hoy → locatedIn → Orkney Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Isles
Orkney Mainland → locatedIn → Orkney Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orkney
Orkney Mainland → locatedIn → Orkney Islands ⓘ
Orkney Mainland → locatedIn → Orkney Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Isles
RSPB Hoy reserve → locatedIn → Orkney Islands ⓘ
RSPB Hoy reserve → locatedIn → Orkney Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orkney
Rackwick → locatedIn → Orkney Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orkney
Rackwick → locatedIn → Orkney Islands ⓘ
Rackwick → locatedIn → Orkney Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Isles
Shetland → locatedIn → Orkney Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Isles
Skara Brae → locatedIn → Orkney Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orkney
RNAS Scapa Flow → location → Orkney Islands ⓘ
South Orkney Islands → namedAfter → Orkney Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orkney Islands in Scotland
Ingibiorg Finnsdottir → residence → Orkney Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orkney
Jo Grimond → residence → Orkney Islands ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orkney