Hoy, Orkney

Hoy
Old Norse nameHáey
Meaning of namehigh island
The Old Man of Hoy, at the western side of the island, seen from the south
The Old Man of Hoy, at the western side of the island, seen from the south
Location
Hoy is located in Orkney Islands
Hoy
Hoy
Hoy shown within Orkney
OS grid referenceND263961
Coordinates58°50′N 3°18′W / 58.83°N 3.3°W / 58.83; -3.3
Physical geography
Island groupOrkney
Area14,318 ha (55.28 sq mi)[1]
Area rank12 [2]
Highest elevationWard Hill, 481 m (1,578 ft)
Administration
Council areaOrkney Islands
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Demographics
Population419[3][Note 1]
Population rank23 [2]
Population density2.9/km2 (7.5/sq mi)[1][3]
Largest settlementLyness
Lymphad
References[1][4][5] [6][7]

Hoy (from Old Norse Háey, meaning "high island")[8] is an island in Orkney, Scotland, measuring 143 square kilometres (55 sq mi) – the second largest in the archipelago, after Mainland. A natural causeway, the Ayre, links the island to the smaller South Walls; the two islands are treated as one entity by the UK census.[3][9] Hoy is also the name of a hamlet in the northwest of the island.[10]

  1. ^ a b c Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. pp. 344–6. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
  2. ^ a b Area and population ranks: there are c. 300 islands over 20 ha in extent and 93 permanently inhabited islands were listed in the 2011 census.
  3. ^ a b c National Records of Scotland (15 August 2013). "Appendix 2: Population and households on Scotland's Inhabited Islands" (PDF). Statistical Bulletin: 2011 Census: First Results on Population and Household Estimates for Scotland Release 1C (Part Two) (PDF) (Report). SG/2013/126. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  4. ^ Orkney Placenames Archived 30 August 2000 at the Wayback Machine. Orkneyjar.Retrieved 15 February 2024.
  5. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 6 Orkney (Mainland) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2014. ISBN 9780319228128.
  6. ^ Anderson, Joseph (Ed.) (1893) Orkneyinga Saga. Translated by Jón A. Hjaltalin & Gilbert Goudie. Edinburgh. James Thin and Mercat Press (1990 reprint); ISBN 0-901824-25-9
  7. ^ Pedersen, Roy (January 1992) Orkneyjar ok Katanes (map, Inverness, Nevis Print)
  8. ^ Mills, A. D. (2011). "Hoy". A Dictionary of British Place Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780191739446.
  9. ^ General Register Office for Scotland (28 November 2003) Scotland's Census 2001 – Occasional Paper No 10: Statistics for Inhabited Islands. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  10. ^ "Map of Hoy, Orkney". Streetmap.co.uk. Retrieved 4 July 2024.


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