Copinsay
Sign in to saveCopinsay () is one of the Orkney Islands in Scotland, lying off the east coast of the Orkney Mainland. The smaller companion island to Copinsay, Horse of Copinsay lies to the northeast. The Horse is uninhabited, and is managed as a bird reserve. Copinsay is also home to a lighthouse.
Key facts
- Scottish island.Image
- Horseofcopinsaytocopinsay.jpg
- Scottish island.ImageCaption
- Southwards from the eastern edge of the Horse of Copinsay. Copinsay lighthouse is on the high ground in the distance.
- Scottish island.location_map
- Scotland Orkney
- Scottish island.caption
- Copinsay shown within Orkney
- Scottish island.GridReference
- HY607015
- Scottish island.norse name
- Kolbeinsey
- Scottish island.meaning of name
- "Kobeinn's Island"
- Scottish island.area rank
- 170
- Scottish island.Population
- 0
- Scottish island.island group
- Orkney
- Scottish island.local authority
- Orkney Islands
- Lighthouse.embed
- yes
- Lighthouse.qid
- Q17828593
- Lighthouse.name
- Copinsay Lighthouse
- Lighthouse.image
- Copinsay Lighthouse - geograph.org.uk - 253493.jpg
- Lighthouse.caption
- Copinsay Lighthouse in 2005
- Lighthouse.location
- CopinsayOrkneyScotlandUnited Kingdom
- Lighthouse.yearbuilt
- 1915
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Part of
- Orkney Islands
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Orkney Islands
- Population
- 0
- Area
- 73
- Body of water
- Atlantic Ocean
- Image
- Southern shores of Copinsay - geograph.org.uk - 957667.jpg
- Width
- 0.73
- Length
- 1.6
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- Commons category
- Copinsay
- located in/on physical feature
- North Sea
- heritage designation
- Site of Special Scientific Interest
- native label
- Copinsay
- historic county
- Orkney Islands
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- History
- Ecology
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- References
- External links
Copinsay () is one of the Orkney Islands in Scotland, lying off the east coast of the Orkney Mainland. The smaller companion island to Copinsay, Horse of Copinsay lies to the northeast. The Horse is uninhabited, and is managed as a bird reserve. Copinsay is also home to a lighthouse.
==History== For many generations, prior to the final inhabitants moving to the Mainland in 1958, Copinsay was full of life. This is evidenced by the large two storey farmhouse, the Steading (or farm buildings) behind it for the farm tenants, a school with a schoolteacher, and up to three lighthouse keepers' families. There is also an ancient burial site on the island.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Copinsay” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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