Bay of Firth and Kirkwall area

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The Bay of Firth and Kirkwall area is a coastal region on Orkney’s Mainland centered on the sheltered Bay of Firth and the town of Kirkwall, the islands’ main settlement and administrative hub.

All labels observed (4)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal region ⓘ
geographical area ⓘ
administrativeCentre Kirkwall ⓘ
climate cool temperate oceanic climate ⓘ
contains Kirkwall Bay ⓘ
linked to: Bay of Kirkwall

Scapa Flow approaches ⓘ
rural coastal settlements ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
economicActivity services centred on Kirkwall ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
governedBy Orkney Islands Council ⓘ
hasCharacteristic sheltered waters ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn Bay of Firth ⓘ
North Sea ⓘ
hasLandUse agricultural ⓘ
harbour infrastructure ⓘ
residential ⓘ
hasPart Bay of Firth ⓘ
Kirkwall ⓘ
heritage Norse influence ⓘ
Scottish cultural traditions ⓘ
language English ⓘ
localDialect Orcadian Scots ⓘ
linked to: Scots
locatedIn Mainland, Orkney ⓘ
linked to: Orkney Mainland

Orkney Islands ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
mainSettlement Kirkwall ⓘ
nearbyIsland Gairsay ⓘ
Rousay ⓘ
Shapinsay ⓘ
linked to: Sanday
nearbySettlement Finstown ⓘ
nearbyWaterBody Scapa Flow ⓘ
notableFor ferry connections ⓘ
fishing ⓘ
maritime activities ⓘ
natural harbour ⓘ
partOf Northern Isles ⓘ
region Orkney ⓘ
linked to: Orkney Islands
timeZone UTC+0 ⓘ
timeZoneDST UTC+1 ⓘ
transportHub Kirkwall Airport ⓘ
Kirkwall Harbour ⓘ
typicalWeather frequent cloud cover ⓘ
mild temperatures ⓘ
windy conditions ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Orkney Mainland → contains → Bay of Firth and Kirkwall area ⓘ
Orkney Mainland → hasHighestPoint → Kirkwall and St Ola area ⓘ
linked to: Bay of Firth and Kirkwall area
Orkney Mainland → hasHighestPoint → St Ola and Kirkwall area ⓘ
linked to: Bay of Firth and Kirkwall area
North Isles of Orkney → administrativeCentre → Kirkwall (for the wider Orkney Islands council area) ⓘ
linked to: Bay of Firth and Kirkwall area