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Pentland Firth

sound between the Orkney Islands and Highland, Scotland, UK
Place sound Q1860233

Facts

7 properties
Instance of
sound, strait[4]
Country
United Kingdom[3]
Part of
Atlantic Ocean[5]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 58.716°, -3.115°
Described by source
The Nuttall Encyclopædia[6]
Historic county
Caithness[7]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Orkney Islands[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en Pentland Firth cs Pentland Firth cs Pentlandský průliv fr An Caol Arcach ja ペントランド海峡 ru Пентленд-Ферт sv Pentland firth sv Pentlandsundet zh 品蘭灣 zh 彭特蘭海峽 zh-hans 彭特兰海峡
🔖 Identifiers · 15
VIAF cluster ID
315140070
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
1972 Orkney Islands.jpg ↗
Australian War Memorial ID
PL550243
BBC Things ID
572f2d11-6e73-46a5-9045-22634dfa8ab8
BabelNet ID
00852393n
Freebase ID
/m/015chz
GB1900 ID
58172e482c66dc384901eebd, 58172e7c2c66dc384901eece, 585afea42c66dc10b802b617, 59e673952c66dc87d8027f53
GNS Unique Feature ID
-2605238
Gazetteer for Scotland place ID
features/featurefirst6716
GeoNames ID
2640403
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
pentland-firth
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0049962
Show all 15 identifiers +3
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Pentland_Firth
TOID
4000000074799499
Vision of Britain place ID
26843

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Located in time zoneP421
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Edition
20260926 · as of 2026-09-26
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🔗 Connections
← Located in or next to body of water 3
Dunnet Head, Pentland Skerries, Gills Bay
Instance of 2
strait, sound
Country 1
United Kingdom
Described by source 1
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Historic county 1
Caithness
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Orkney Islands
Part of 1
Atlantic Ocean
People who died here 1
Otto Weddigen
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Summary

Pentland Firth is a sound[1].

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10w ago · Chalmd · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Orkney Islands
    Coordinate location → {'lat': 58.716, 'lon': -3.115}
    Described by source → The Nuttall Encyclopædia
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ BBC Things ID: 572f2d11-6e73-46a5-9045-22634dfa8ab8, Adding BBC Things ID"
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