Loch of Skaill

lake on Mainland, Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK, outflows north-west via a mill lade to the Bay of Skaill
Place lake Q15242592
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Loch of Skaill

Summary

Loch of Skaill is a lake[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of lake entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Loch of Skaill is located in Orkney Islands[3].
  • Loch of Skaill is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Loch of Skaill's image is recorded as Loch of Skaill - geograph.org.uk - 337157.jpg[5].
  • Loch of Skaill's instance of is recorded as lake[6].
  • Loch of Skaill's inflows is recorded as Burn of Unigarth[7].
  • Loch of Skaill's outflows is recorded as Loch of Skaill mill lade[8].
  • Loch of Skaill's Commons category is recorded as Loch of Skaill[9].
  • Loch of Skaill's coordinate location is recorded as {'globe': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2', 'altitude': None, 'latitude': 59.04313, 'longitude': -3.32352, 'precision': 1e-06}[10].
  • Loch of Skaill's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0y6f5lc[11].
  • Loch of Skaill's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Mainland[12].
  • Loch of Skaill's TOID is recorded as 4000000074792059[13].
  • Loch of Skaill's UK Lakes Portal ID is recorded as 1764[14].
  • Loch of Skaill's historic county is recorded as Orkney Islands[15].
  • Loch of Skaill's GB1900 ID is recorded as 5815b3c62c66dc384900fe39[16].
  • Loch of Skaill's Standing Waters Database ID is recorded as HY2102[17].

Body

Geography

Loch of Skaill is in the country of United Kingdom[4]. It is located in Orkney Islands[3].

Designation and Status

Loch of Skaill's instance of is recorded as lake[6].

Why It Matters

Loch of Skaill ranks in the top 4% of lake entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . maps.nls.uk. maps.nls.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Bathymetrical survey of the Scottish fresh-water lochs. maps.nls.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . maps.nls.uk. maps.nls.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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