Eday
Sign in to saveEday (, ) is one of the islands of Orkney, which are located to the north of the Scottish mainland. One of the North Isles, Eday is about from the Orkney Mainland. With an area of , it is the ninth-largest island of the archipelago. The bedrock of the island is Old Red Sandstone, which is exposed along the sea-cliffs.
Key facts
- Scottish island.Image
- Sea caves on Eday, opposite the Calf of Eday - geograph.org.uk - 1385182.jpg
- Scottish island.ImageCaption
- One of Eday's beaches, with sea caves adjacent to the southern end of Calf Sound
- Scottish island.GridReference
- HY560338
- Scottish island.location_map
- Scotland Orkney
- Scottish island.caption
- Eday shown within Orkney
- Scottish island.celtic name
- Iadaigh
- Scottish island.scots name
- Aidee
- Scottish island.norse name
- Eiðøy
- Scottish island.meaning of name
- Old Norse for "isthmus island"
- Scottish island.area rank
- 31
- Scottish island.highest elevation
- Ward Hill
- Scottish island.Population
- 102
- Scottish island.population rank
- 45
- Scottish island.population density
- 3.7 people/km2
- Scottish island.main settlement
- Backaland
- Scottish island.island group
- Orkney
- Scottish island.local authority
- Orkney Islands
- Lighthouse.qid
- Q28465945
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Part of
- Orkney Islands
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Orkney Islands
- Population
- 160
- Area
- 3209
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Body of water
- North Sea
- Image
- Lighthouse on Calf Sound, Eday - geograph.org.uk - 33187.jpg
- Width
- 4
- Length
- 12
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- catalog code
- 54003
- native label
- Eday
- Commons category
- Eday
- located in/on physical feature
- Orkney Islands
- historic county
- Orkney Islands
Sources (3)
via Wikidata · CC0
Article · Italiano
Eday è un'isola facente parte dell'arcipelago delle Isole Orcadi, in Scozia. Il territorio è in gran parte piano e verdeggiante, e le industrie presenti estraggono torba e calcare.Eday è la nona isola più grande dell'arcipelago Orkney, coprendo una superficie di 11 miglia quadrate.Le attrazioni principali dell'isola includono la e i monoliti di Vinquoy, Braeside, e Huntersquoy. Eday è conosciuta per i suoi uccelli di mare e per la casa Carrick, costruita nel 1633, dove il pirata venne catturato.I battelli partono da su Eday e giungono a Kirkwall nell'entroterra delle Orkney.
Abstract from DBpedia / Wikipedia · CC BY-SA
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