Lyness
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Lyness is a small coastal village and former naval base on the island of Hoy in Orkney, Scotland.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
coastal village
ⓘ
former naval base ⓘ settlement ⓘ village ⓘ |
| administrativeAuthority | Orkney Islands Council ⓘ |
| cemeteryMaintainedBy |
Imperial War Graves Commission
ⓘ
surface form:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
|
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| hasAttraction | Scapa Flow Museum ⓘ |
| hasDialCode | 01856 ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
ferry services
ⓘ
fishing ⓘ tourism ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery
ⓘ
Scapa Flow Museum ⓘ |
| hasFunction | ferry terminal ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | naval heritage ⓘ |
| hasNearbyFeature |
Lyness Harbour
ⓘ
Lyness Pier ⓘ |
| hasNearbyIsland |
Flotta
ⓘ
South Walls ⓘ |
| hasPostcodeArea | KW ⓘ |
| hasPostcodeDistrict | KW16 ⓘ |
| hasTransportConnection |
ferry operated by Orkney Ferries
ⓘ
ferry to Houton on Mainland Orkney ⓘ ferry to Longhope on South Walls ⓘ |
| hasWarGravesFrom |
World War I
ⓘ
surface form:
First World War
World War II ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
|
| historicalUse |
Royal Navy base
ⓘ
naval anchorage support settlement ⓘ |
| locatedBy | Scapa Flow ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Hoy
ⓘ
Mainland Scotland local government area of Orkney Islands Council ⓘ Northern Isles NERFINISHED ⓘ Orkney NERFINISHED ⓘ Orkney Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| locatedInBodyOfWaterRegion |
North Atlantic area
ⓘ
surface form:
North Atlantic Ocean
Western Approaches to the North Sea ⓘ
surface form:
North Sea approaches
|
| locatedOn | island of Hoy ⓘ |
| navalBaseName | HMS Proserpine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overlooks |
Scapa Flow
ⓘ
surface form:
Scapa Flow naval anchorage
|
| partOf | parish of Walls and Flotta ⓘ |
| region | Scottish islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeZone | UTC+0 ⓘ |
| timeZoneDST | UTC+1 ⓘ |
| usedDuring |
World War I
ⓘ
surface form:
First World War
World War II ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
|
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.