Lyness village

E361864
settlement village

Lyness village is a small settlement on the island of Hoy in Orkney, Scotland, historically associated with Royal Navy operations during both World Wars.

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Label Occurrences
Lyness village canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf settlement ⓘ
village ⓘ
associatedWithMilitaryBranch Royal Navy ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
governingBody Orkney Islands Council ⓘ
hasCounty Orkney Islands ⓘ
surface form: Orkney
hasCulturalRegion Highlands and Islands ⓘ
surface form: Scottish Highlands and Islands
hasHarbourFunction civilian ferry harbour ⓘ
naval support ⓘ
hasHeritageSite Scapa Flow Museum ⓘ
hasHistoricCounty Orkney Islands ⓘ
surface form: Orkney
hasHistoricUse Royal Navy base ⓘ
naval anchorage support settlement ⓘ
hasLanguage English ⓘ
Scots ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic (limited use) ⓘ
hasMuseumTheme Scapa Flow wartime history ⓘ
naval history ⓘ
hasNearbyGeographicFeature Hoy Sound ⓘ
Scapa Flow ⓘ
hasNearbyMilitaryBase HMS Proserpine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Scapa Flow ⓘ
surface form: Scapa Flow naval base
hasNearbySettlement Longhope ⓘ
Stromness ⓘ
hasPort Lyness ferry terminal ⓘ
hasPostTown Stromness ⓘ
surface form: STROMNESS
hasPrimaryEconomicActivity ferry services ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
hasRegion Northern Isles ⓘ
hasTransportConnection ferry to Houton (Mainland, Orkney) ⓘ
ferry to Longhope ⓘ
hasWorldWarAssociation World War I ⓘ
World War II ⓘ
locatedIn Hoy ⓘ
Orkney Islands ⓘ
surface form: Orkney

Orkney Islands ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Orkney Islands Council ⓘ
surface form: Orkney Islands Council area
locatedInArchipelago Orkney Islands ⓘ
surface form: Orkney archipelago
locatedInBodyOfWater Scapa Flow ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone British Summer Time ⓘ
UTC±00:00 ⓘ
locatedOnIsland Hoy ⓘ
partOf Hoy and Walls ⓘ
significantEvent First World War naval operations ⓘ
Second World War naval operations ⓘ

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Lyness Naval Base → hasNearbySettlement → Lyness village ⓘ