Odness

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Odness
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Odiness Farm, viewed from the sea
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Odness
Location within Orkney
OS grid reference HY687262
Civil parish
Council area
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Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town ORKNEY
Postcode district KW17
Dialling code 01856
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59°07′N2°32′W / 59.12°N 2.54°W / 59.12; -2.54 Coordinates: 59°07′N2°32′W / 59.12°N 2.54°W / 59.12; -2.54

Odness is a peninsula and headland on the island of Stronsay, in Orkney, Scotland. The Odness peninsula contains the farm of Odiness. Odness is also within the parish of Stronsay. [1]

The coast near Odness Coast near Odness, Stronsay - geograph.org.uk - 212969.jpg
The coast near Odness

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References

  1. "Details of Odness". Scottish Places. Retrieved 1 January 2015.