| Scots name | Sooth Waas |
|---|---|
| Old Norse name | Vágaland/Vágar |
.jpg) Cantick Head lighthouse on South Walls | |
| Location | |
  South Walls South Walls shown within Orkney | |
| OS grid reference | ND304895 |
| Coordinates | 58°47′16″N 3°12′18″W / 58.78788°N 3.2049°W |
| Physical geography | |
| Island group | Orkney |
| Area | 1,100 ha (4.2 sq mi)[1] |
| Area rank | 47 [2] |
| Highest elevation | 57 m (187 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Council area | Orkney Islands |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
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| References | [3][4][5][6][7] |
South Walls is a tidal island or peninsula at the southern end of Hoy in Orkney, Scotland. It is connected to the main body of Hoy, and to the district of North Walls, by a thin neck of land known as the Ayre. Its largest settlement is Longhope, which lies on a long natural harbour of the same name.[8][9] Both North and South Walls belong to the civil parish of Walls and Flotta.[10]
South Walls is a popular stopping off place for barnacle geese.
- ^ Rick Livingstone’s Tables of the Islands of Scotland (pdf) Argyll Yacht Charters. Retrieved 12 Dec 2011.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Haswell-Smith (2006) p. 346
- ^ Ordnance Survey. OS Maps Online (Map). 1:25,000. Leisure.
- ^ 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
- ^ Pedersen, Roy (January 1992) Orkneyjar ok Katanes (map, Inverness, Nevis Print)
- ^ "South Walls: Ayyre to Cantick Head". (2017) Stromness Museum. Orkney Islands Council. pp. 2-3
- ^ "North Walls". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ "South Walls". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 9 February 2024.
- ^ Groomes, Francis H. (1901). Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Graphic and Accurate Description of Every Place in Scotland. Edinburgh: T. C. and E. C. Jack. p. 836.