St Andrews, Orkney Explained

St Andrews is a parish on Mainland, Orkney in Scotland. It is located east of the town of Kirkwall and the parish of St Ola and lies north of Holm and west of Deerness.[1] The settlements of Tankerness, Toab and Foubister are in the parish, as is Kirkwall Airport.

Saint Andrews is on the east side of Mainland,[2] and extends from the eastern boundary of Kirkwall parish to the sea, and includes the island of Kirkholm.[2]

The land is mostly flat, but has diversities of surface, and rises nowhere higher than 350 ft.[2] The coast includes both sandy beach and precipitous rock, and has a large sea cavern.[2]

References

58.9572°N -2.8625°W

Notes and References

  1. http://www.orcadian.co.uk/maps/standrews.htm "St Andrews"
  2. Wilson, Rev. John The Gazetteer of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1882) Published by W. & A.K. Johnstone