Place:Hoy, Orkney, Scotland

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NameHoy
TypeIsland
Coordinates58.85°N 3.3°W
Located inOrkney, Scotland
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Hoy (Scots: Hoy; from Norse "Háey" meaning "high island") is an island in Orkney, Scotland, measuring 143 square kilometres (55 sq mi) — ranked largest in the archipelago after Mainland. A natural causeway, the Ayre, links to the much smaller South Walls; the two islands are treated as one entity by the UK census.

The main naval base for the British fleet in both the First and Second World Wars, Scapa Flow, was at Lyness in the southeast of the island.

For more information, see the EN Wikipedia article Hoy.

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