Stronsay
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Stronsay is an island in Orkney, Scotland. It is known as Orkney's 'Island of Bays', owing to an irregular shape with miles of coastline and three large bays separated by two isthmuses: St Catherine's
An aerial view of Whitehall, with Grice Ness at the end of Stronsay's north-eastern peninsula
Vat of Kirbister, on the east coast of Stronsay
Papa Stronsay
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Papa Stronsay is a small island in Orkney, Scotland, lying north east of Stronsay. It is 74 hectares in size, and 13 metres above sea level at its highest point. After being largely abandoned, the isl
Stronsay
…a hermitage on its flat summit. Stronsay is the seventh largest of the Orkney Islands. Surrounding small islands include Linga Holm, Little Linga, Papa Stronsay, the Holm of Huip (named after a district in north west Stronsay) and the Holms of Spurness. To the north is Sanday, to the north west Eday, to the…
Papa Stronsay from the air. The Golgotha Monastery can be seen at the top right.
The Light on Papa Stronsay.
This small island in Papa Sound is attached to Papa Stronsay at low tide. Part of Golgotha Monastery can be seen in the background.