Lyness Harbour
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Lyness Harbour is a small port facility on the island of Hoy in Orkney, Scotland, historically important as a naval base and ferry terminal.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lyness Harbour canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
harbour
ⓘ
port ⓘ |
| administrativeArea |
Orkney Islands Council
ⓘ
surface form:
Orkney Islands Council area
|
| associatedWith |
British Home Fleet
ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Navy Home Fleet
Scapa Flow ⓘ
surface form:
Scapa Flow naval anchorage
|
| category |
Ports and harbours of Scotland
ⓘ
Royal Navy shore establishments in Scotland ⓘ Transport in Orkney ⓘ |
| connectsTo |
Houton
ⓘ
Orkney Mainland ⓘ
surface form:
mainland Orkney
|
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| hasAccess | public ferry services ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
ferry terminal
ⓘ
naval base ⓘ |
| hasHeritage |
military heritage site
ⓘ
naval wartime remains ⓘ |
| hasInfrastructure |
ferry pier
ⓘ
linkspan ⓘ passenger waiting facilities ⓘ vehicle marshalling area ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFeature |
naval oil storage tanks (disused)
ⓘ
wartime piers and jetties (remains) ⓘ |
| hasNearbyMuseum | Scapa Flow Museum ⓘ |
| hasNearbySettlement | Lyness ⓘ |
| hasPastStatus | major naval base ⓘ |
| hasStatus | operational ferry port ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
naval base for Scapa Flow
ⓘ
support base for Royal Navy fleet ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hoy
ⓘ
Northern Isles ⓘ Orkney Islands ⓘ
surface form:
Orkney
Orkney Islands ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| locatedInBodyOfWater | Scapa Flow ⓘ |
| locatedOn | north side of Scapa Flow ⓘ |
| near | Longhope Sound ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Orkney Ferries ⓘ |
| partOf | island of Hoy ⓘ |
| region | Highlands and Islands ⓘ |
| serves |
Orkney Islands
ⓘ
surface form:
Orkney archipelago
island of Hoy ⓘ |
| usedBy | Royal Navy ⓘ |
| usedDuringConflict |
World War I
ⓘ
World War II ⓘ |
| usedFor |
civilian ferry services
ⓘ
military operations ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.