Gairsay
Sign in to saveGairsay (Old Norse: Gáreksey) is a small island in Orkney, Scotland, located in the parish of Rendall, off the coast, astride one of the approaches to the bays of Firth and Kirkwall. It is about long and wide and includes one conical hill and a small harbour called Millburn Bay, which is sheltered by the peninsula known as the Hen of Gairsay.
Key facts
- Scottish island.Image
- Gairsay.jpg
- Scottish island.ImageCaption
- Gairsay from Mainland Orkney
- Scottish island.location_map
- Scotland Orkney
- Scottish island.caption
- Gairsay shown within Orkney
- Scottish island.GridReference
- HY446222
- Scottish island.norse name
- Gáreksey
- Scottish island.meaning of name
- Gárekr's isle
- Scottish island.area rank
- 99=
- Scottish island.Population
- 6
- Scottish island.population rank
- 76=
- Scottish island.population density
- 2.5 people/km2
- 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
- 3
- Area
- 2.40
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Body of water
- Atlantic Ocean
- Image
- Millburnbaygairsay.jpg
- Width
- 1.6
- Length
- 3.2
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- Commons category
- Gairsay
- located in/on physical feature
- Orkney Islands
- historic county
- Orkney Islands
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- History
- Viking age
- 17th to 19th centuries
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Gairsay (Old Norse: Gáreksey) is a small island in Orkney, Scotland, located in the parish of Rendall, off the coast, astride one of the approaches to the bays of Firth and Kirkwall. It is about long and wide and includes one conical hill and a small harbour called Millburn Bay, which is sheltered by the peninsula known as the Hen of Gairsay.
==History==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gairsay” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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