Loch of Stenness

large brackish lake on Mainland, Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK, outflows via The Bush to the Bay of Ireland
LakeBodyOfWater lake Q1736274
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Loch of Stenness

Summary

Loch of Stenness is a lake[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of lake entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Loch of Stenness is located in Orkney Islands[3].
  • Loch of Stenness is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • Loch of Stenness's image is recorded as Loch of Stenness - towards the Hoy Hills - geograph.org.uk - 780480.jpg[5].
  • Loch of Stenness's instance of is recorded as lake[6].
  • Loch of Stenness's inflows is recorded as Loch of Harray[7].
  • Loch of Stenness's inflows is recorded as Burn of Deepdale[8].
  • Loch of Stenness's inflows is recorded as Burn of Lyking[9].
  • Loch of Stenness's inflows is recorded as Burn of Quholmslie[10].
  • Loch of Stenness's outflows is recorded as The Bush[11].
  • Loch of Stenness's basin country is recorded as Scotland[12].
  • Loch of Stenness's Commons category is recorded as Loch of Stenness[13].
  • Loch of Stenness's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1936777[14].
  • Loch of Stenness's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 59, 'lon': -3.25}[15].
  • Loch of Stenness's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/042141w[16].
  • Loch of Stenness's heritage designation is recorded as Site of Special Scientific Interest[17].
  • Loch of Stenness's GeoNames ID is recorded as 2636954[18].
  • Loch of Stenness's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Loch of Stenness'}[19].
  • Loch of Stenness's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q253276', 'amount': '+4'}[20].
  • Loch of Stenness's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -2608698[21].
  • Loch of Stenness's TOID is recorded as 4000000074792382[22].
  • Loch of Stenness's Gazetteer for Scotland place ID is recorded as features/featurefirst2473[23].
  • Loch of Stenness's UK Lakes Portal ID is recorded as 1809[24].
  • Loch of Stenness's historic county is recorded as Orkney Islands[25].
  • Loch of Stenness's GB1900 ID is recorded as 581451b12c66dc3849005923[26].
  • Loch of Stenness's Standing Waters Database ID is recorded as HY2120[27].

Body

Geography

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

Physical Characteristics

Loch of Stenness's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q253276', 'amount': '+4'}[20].

Designation and Status

Loch of Stenness's instance of is recorded as lake[6]. Its heritage designation is recorded as Site of Special Scientific Interest[17].

Why It Matters

Loch of Stenness ranks in the top 4% of lake entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

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] . maps.nls.uk. maps.nls.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . maps.nls.uk. maps.nls.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . maps.nls.uk. maps.nls.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . maps.nls.uk. maps.nls.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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