Orkneyinga saga places

county of Norway

Caithness (; ; ) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland.

main island of the Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK

Thurso (pronounced ; , ) is a town and former burgh on the north coast of the Highland council area of Scotland. Situated in the historical County of Caithness, it is the northernmost town on the island of Great Britain. From a latitudinal standpoint, Thurso is located more than north of London and further north than the southernmost point of Norway.

northernmost island in the Orkney archipelago of Scotland

sound between the Orkney Islands and Highland, Scotland, UK

Stenness (pronounced ) (; ) is a village and parish on the Orkney Mainland in Scotland. It is part of Orkney Islands Council. It contains several notable prehistoric monuments including the Standing Stones of Stenness and the Ring of Brodgar. The parish lies amid fertile farmland typical of Orkney and the economy is based on agriculture, fisheries, tourism, and renewable energy.

thumb|Covenanters' monument detail thumb|right|Covenanters' Memorial, Deerness. A memorial to 200 covenanters who drowned when their prison ship foundered in a storm.

river in Highland, Scotland, UK, flows into the Kyle of Sutherland

Freswick ( ) or Skirza, is a small remote hamlet, overlooking Freswick Bay to the east, in eastern Caithness, Scottish Highlands and is in the Scottish council area of Highland. The village of Skirza lies directly northeast of Freswick.