Orkney Islands

Summary

Orkney Islands is an archipelago^[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of archipelago entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,008 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Orkney Islands is located in Scotland^[3].
• Orkney Islands is in the country of United Kingdom^[4].
• Orkney Islands is on the body of water North Sea^[5].
• Orkney Islands's image is recorded as Orkney Islands by Sentinel-2.jpg^[6].
• Orkney Islands's instance of is recorded as archipelago^[7].
• Orkney Islands's instance of is recorded as registration county^[8].
• Orkney Islands's instance of is recorded as lieutenancy area of Scotland^[9].
• Orkney Islands's instance of is recorded as Scottish islands area^[10].
• Orkney Islands's instance of is recorded as shire of Scotland^[11].
• Orkney Islands's instance of is recorded as historic county of the United Kingdom^[12].
• Orkney Islands's instance of is recorded as council area^[13].
• Orkney Islands's capital is recorded as Kirkwall^[14].
• Orkney Islands's flag image is recorded as 2007 Flag of Orkney.svg^[15].
• Orkney Islands's flag is recorded as flag of Orkney^[16].
• Orkney Islands's ISNI is recorded as 0000000405151318^[17].
• Orkney Islands's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 129015040^[18].
• Orkney Islands's GND ID is recorded as 4043881-8^[19].
• Orkney Islands's locator map image is recorded as Orkney Islands in Scotland.svg^[20].
• Orkney Islands's locator map image is recorded as Orkney Islands UK relief location map.jpg^[21].
• Orkney Islands's locator map image is recorded as Orkney Brit Isles Sect 1.svg^[22].
• Orkney Islands's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81071458^[23].
• Orkney Islands's ISO 3166-2 code is recorded as GB-ORK^[24].
• Orkney Islands's Commons category is recorded as Orkney Islands^[25].
• Orkney Islands's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00^[26].
• Orkney Islands's has part is recorded as Mainland^[27].

Body

Geography

Orkney Islands is in the country of United Kingdom^[4]. It is located in Scotland^[3]. It is on the body of water North Sea^[5].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+22190'}^[28], {'amount': '+19220'}^[29], {'amount': '+21530'}^[30], {'amount': '+21580'}^[31], {'amount': '+19830'}^[32], and {'amount': '+21850'}^[33].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include archipelago^[7], registration county^[8], lieutenancy area of Scotland^[9], Scottish islands area^[10], shire of Scotland^[11], and historic county of the United Kingdom^[12].

History and Context

Catalog codes include 54^[34], 24^[35], and ORN^[36].

Why It Matters

Orkney Islands ranks in the top 3% of archipelago entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,008 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] It is known by 65 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]