Hoy

island in the Orkney Islands group, Scotland, UK

Key facts

Scottish gaelic name: Eilean Thothaigh
Scots name: Hoy
Old norse name: Háey
Meaning of name: high island
Os grid reference: ND263961
Coordinates: 58°50′N 3°18′W / 58.83°N 3.3°W / 58.83; -3.3
Island group: Orkney
Area: 14,318 ha (55.28 sq mi)
Highest elevation: Ward Hill , 481 m (1,578 ft)
Council area: Orkney Islands
Country: Scotland
Sovereign state: United Kingdom
Population density: 2.7/km (7.0/sq mi)
Largest settlement: Lyness

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Official website

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Wikidata facts

Population: 419
Area: 143.18
Official website: www.hoyorkney.com
Image: Hoy Orkney Landesinnere.JPG
Width: 9
Length: 20

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Hoy (from Old Norse Háey, meaning "high island") is an island in Orkney, Scotland, measuring 143 square kilometres (55 sq mi) – the second largest in the archipelago, after Mainland. A natural causeway, the Ayre, links the island to the smaller South Walls; the two islands are treated as one entity by the UK census. Hoy is also the name of a hamlet in the northwest of the island.

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