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St Andrews, Orkney

St Andrews, Orkney

Human settlement in the Orkney Islands, United Kingdom

For other uses, see St Andrews (disambiguation).

St Andrews is a parish on Mainland, Orkney in Scotland. It is located east of the town of Kirkwall and the parish of St Ola and lies north of Holm and west of Deerness.[1] The settlements of Tankerness, Toab and Foubister are in the parish, as is Kirkwall Airport.

Disused grain mill at Tankerness

Saint Andrews is on the east side of Mainland,[2] and extends from the eastern boundary of Kirkwall parish to the sea, and includes the island of Kirkholm.[2]

The land is mostly flat, but has diversities of surface, and rises nowhere higher than 350 ft.[2] The coast includes both sandy beach and precipitous rock, and has a large sea cavern.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "St Andrews" The Orcadian. Retrieved 19 April 2008.
  2. [2]
    Wilson, Rev. John The Gazetteer of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1882) Published by W. & A.K. Johnstone

58°57′26″N 2°51′45″W


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