List of Orkney Islands - Main List

Main List

This is a list of islands with an area greater than 15 hectares (approximately 37 acres). Records for the last date of settlement for the smaller uninhabited islands are incomplete, but all of the islands listed here would have been inhabited at some point during the Neolithic, Pictish or Norse periods.

'Ward Hill' or a variant thereof is very common as the name of the highest point on the island. These locations are named after those high places used for the lighting of warning beacons.

Island Group Area (ha) Population Last inhabited Highest point Height (m)
Auskerry North Isles 0008585 5 West Hill 18
Brough of Birsay Mainland 0002121 0 unknown Brough Head 42
Burray South Isles 00903903 357 80
Calf of Eday North Isles 00243243 0 unknown 54
Cava South Isles 00107107 0 1990s 38
Copinsay South Isles 0007373 0 1970s Broad Lee 70
Damsay North Isles 0001818 0 unknown 11
Eday North Isles 027452745 121 Ward Hill 101
Egilsay North Isles 00650650 37 35
Eynhallow North Isles 0007575 0 1842-90 30
Fara South Isles 00295295 0 1960s Thomson's Hill 43
Faray North Isles 00180180 0 1940s 32
Flotta South Isles 00876876 81 West Hill 58
Gairsay North Isles 00240240 3 102
Glims Holm South Isles 0005555 0 unknown 32
Graemsay South Isles 00409409 21 West Hill 62
Holm of Papa North Isles 0002222 0 unknown 15
Hoy South Isles 13468 272 Ward Hill 479
Hunda South Isles 00100100 0 unknown 41
Lamb Holm South Isles 0004040 0 1945 20
Linga Holm North Isles 0005757 0 1842-90 18
Muckle Green Holm North Isles 0003232 0 unknown 28
Muckle Skerry Pentland Skerries 0003434 0 1994 20
North Ronaldsay North Isles 00690690 70 23
Orkney Mainland Mainland 52325 15315 Mid Hill 271
Papa Stronsay North Isles 0007474 10 13
Papa Westray North Isles 00918918 65 North Hill 48
Rysa Little South Isles 0003232 0 19th century 20
Rousay North Isles 048604860 212 Blotchnie Fiold 250
Sanday North Isles 050435043 478 The Wart 65
Shapinsay North Isles 029482948 300 Ward Hill 64
South Ronaldsay South Isles 049804980 854 Ward Hill 118
South Walls South Isles 011001100 120 Gallow Tuag 57
Stronsay North Isles 032753275 343 Burgh Hill 44
Switha South Isles 0004141 0 20th century? 29
Swona South Isles 0009292 0 1974 Warbister Hill 41
Westray North Isles 047134713 563 Fitty Hill 169
Wyre North Isles 00311311 18 32

The tidal islet of Holm of Grimbister is also inhabited although this was not recorded by the 2001 Census.

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