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North Ronaldsay

northernmost island in the Orkney archipelago of Scotland
Landform island Q1265993

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
island
Country
United Kingdom[4]
Part of
Orkney Islands[6]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 59.373°, -2.426°[8]
Area
+690[16]
Described by source
The Nuttall Encyclopædia, New International Encyclopedia[11][12]
Historic county
Orkney Islands[18]
Length
+4[15]
Located in or next to body of water
Atlantic Ocean[5]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Orkney Islands, Cross and Burness[2][3]
Located in/on physical feature
North Sea[9]
Native label
North Ronaldsay[14]
OS grid reference
HY759542[7]
Official name
North Ronaldsay[13]
Population
+72[10]
Width
+3.5[17]
🏷️ Also known as
en North Ronaldsay en North Ronaldshay el Βόρειο Ρονάλντσι he צפון רונלדסיי ja ノース・ロナルドシー ja ノース・ロナルドセー島 ru Норт-Роналдсей zh 北羅納德賽島
🔖 Identifiers · 15
VIAF cluster ID
315526794
Library of Congress authority ID
sh86000023
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
North Ronaldsay Lighthouse - geograph.org.uk - 1759322.jpg ↗
BBC Things ID
cf1017a4-bfec-4911-850f-b5c8e1a29247
Freebase ID
/m/02g2vp
GB1900 ID
58321dca2c66dc680e037452
GNS Unique Feature ID
-2604367
Gazetteer for Scotland place ID
features/featurefirst1087
GeoNames ID
2641272
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007536666505171
TOID
4000000074611435
Topic's main category
Category:North Ronaldsay
Show all 15 identifiers +3
Vision of Britain place ID
21572
Wellcome Collection concept ID
zwbbdau8
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Island", "NorthRonaldsay::77z8v"]

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🔗 Connections
Described by source 2
New International Encyclopedia, The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Country 1
United Kingdom
Historic county 1
Orkney Islands
Instance of 1
island
Located in or next to body of water 1
Atlantic Ocean
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Orkney Islands
Located in time zone 1
UTC±00:00
Located in/on physical feature 1
North Sea
Named after 1
North Ronaldsay Airport
Part of 1
Orkney Islands
People who died here 1
Halvdan Hålegg
← Located in/on physical feature 1
Dennis Head Old Beacon
← Place served by transport hub 1
North Ronaldsay Airport
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Summary

North Ronaldsay is an island[1].

Body

Geography

Located in include Orkney Islands[2], an archipelago[19], in United Kingdom[20] and Cross and Burness[3], a civil parish[21], in United Kingdom[22].

Cultural Significance

Things named for North Ronaldsay include North Ronaldsay Airport[23], an aerodrome[24], in United Kingdom[25].

Why It Matters

Entities named for it include North Ronaldsay Airport[23], an aerodrome[24], in United Kingdom[25].

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  5. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 25d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    Wikipedia languages → ['ceb', 'cy', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fo', 'fr', 'ga', 'gd', 'he',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/58669|batch #58669]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 26w ago · Ikan · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → United Kingdom
    Instance of → island
    Part of → Orkney Islands
    Area → {'unit': 'Q35852', 'amount': '+690'}
    + 19 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Wolfram Language entity code: Entity["Island", "NorthRonaldsay::77z8v"], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257262|batch #257262]]"
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