- Lying offshore on the northernmost part of Scotland you can find the low lying lands of Orkney, a collection of islands where the climate is mild...
- The Orkney islands (the locals do not generally refer to them as the 'Orkneys') seem remote and insignificant to anglocentric commentators.
- Orkney is located off the north coast of Great Britain, 16 kilometers north of the coast of Caithness and consists of about 70 islands, 20 of which are inhabited.
- NorthLink Ferries: NorthLink Ferries operate routes from mainland Scotland to the Orkney Islands, with sailings departing from Scrabster near Thurso and Aberdeen.
- The South Orkney Islands are mostly inaccessible from late April to November due to the nearby water being ice-covered during this time period.
- The Orkney Islands (often also called only Orkney) is an archipelago in the Northern Isles of Scotland, United Kingdom. It is about 16 kilometres north of Caithness.
- Mainland is Orkney's largest island, where 80% of the population resides. ... is the administrative capital of the Orkney Islands and largest town.
- Inspired by a picture of the 5,000-year-old village of Skara Brae, I decided to go to the Orkney Islands to indulge my inner archeologist.