Graemsay
Sign in to saveGraemsay () is an island in the western approaches to Scapa Flow, in the Orkney Islands of Scotland. The island has two lighthouses. Graemsay lies within the parish of Stromness.
Key facts
- Scottish island.Image
- Orkney Graemsay seen from Hoy.jpg
- Scottish island.ImageCaption
- An aerial view of Graemsay, from above Hoy
- Scottish island.location_map
- Scotland Orkney
- Scottish island.caption
- Graemsay shown within Orkney
- Scottish island.GridReference
- HY255055
- Scottish island.norse name
- Grímsey
- Scottish island.meaning of name
- Grímr's Island
- Scottish island.area rank
- 76
- Scottish island.highest elevation
- West Hill
- Scottish island.Population
- 21
- Scottish island.population density
- 5.1 people/km2
- Scottish island.population rank
- 59=
- Scottish island.main settlement
- Sandside
- Scottish island.island group
- Orkney Islands
- Scottish island.local authority
- Orkney
- Lighthouse.qid
- Q17827193
- Lighthouse.mapframe
- no
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Geography and geology
- Wildlife
- History
- Lighthouses
- See also
- References
- Book about the History of Graemsay
- External links
Graemsay () is an island in the western approaches to Scapa Flow, in the Orkney Islands of Scotland. The island has two lighthouses. Graemsay lies within the parish of Stromness.
==Geography and geology== Graemsay lies between Hoy and Stromness on Mainland Orkney, separated from the Mainland by Clestrain Sound. The island is in area and is mainly crofted.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Graemsay” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
8 mapped locations