Burray
Sign in to saveBurray () is one of the Orkney Islands in Scotland. It lies to the east of Scapa Flow and is one of a chain of islands linked by the Churchill Barriers.
Key facts
- Scottish island.GridReference
- ND460963
- Scottish island.location_map
- Scotland Orkney
- Scottish island.caption
- Burray shown within the Orkney Islands
- Scottish island.norse name
- Borgarey
- Scottish island.area rank
- 55
- Scottish island.Population
- 445
- Scottish island.population rank
- 23
- Scottish island.population density
- 49 people/km2
- Scottish island.main settlement
- Burray Village
- Scottish island.island group
- Orkney
- Scottish island.local authority
- Orkney Islands
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Part of
- Orkney Islands
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 409
- Area
- 9.03
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Body of water
- Scapa Flow
- Image
- Burray Cliffs.jpg
- Length
- 5
Show 3 more facts
- located in/on physical feature
- North Sea
- Commons category
- Burray
- historic county
- Orkney Islands
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Geography and geology
- Visitor attractions
- History
- Viking history
- Ecclesiastical land
- Sir James Stewart
- WWII and construction of Churchill Barriers
- See also
- References
- External links
Burray () is one of the Orkney Islands in Scotland. It lies to the east of Scapa Flow and is one of a chain of islands linked by the Churchill Barriers.
==Geography and geology==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Burray” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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