Stromness
Located in Orkney Islands, Scotland Coordinates: 58°57′54″ N 3°17′46″ W
- Population
- 2,490
- 2.5K
- Elevation
- 7 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/London · UTC+00:00
About Stromness
Stromness is a village. Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland. Population: 2,490. Elevation: 7 m.
Stromness (locally , Old Norse: Straumnes; Norn: Stromnes) is historic seaside town and burgh in Orkney, Scotland. It is in the southwestern part of the Orkney Mainland. It has a parish around the outside with the town of Stromness as its capital. A long-established seaport, Stromness has a population of 1,700 in 2022, making it the second most-populous settlement in the Orkney archipelago.
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In comparison
- No. 2 of 4 places in Orkney Islands by population
- Nearest larger town: Kirkwall, 20 km E
- 73 sights and natural places within 10 km Brinkies Brae, Inner Holm
Airports nearest to Stromness
- Kirkwall Airport (KOI) Kirkwall, Orkney Islands 23 km
- Eday Airport (EOI) Eday 39 km
- Wick John O'Groats Airport (WIC) Wick 58 km
Straight-line distance; airports with scheduled flights only. Source: OurAirports (public domain).
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Inner Holm Island, Orkney Islands0.7 km SE -
Brinkies Brae Mountain, Orkney Islands0.5 km NW
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Hamla Voe Natural site, Orkney Islands0.8 km E
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Outer Holm Island, Orkney Islands1.1 km S
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The Ness Natural site, Orkney Islands1.4 km S
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Bay of Navershaw Natural site, Scotland1.3 km E
Sources & licences
Data last updated: · 2 independent sources