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.
Read more about this topic: List Of Orkney Islands
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