Stronsay (/ˈstrɒnziː/) is an island in Orkney, Scotland. It is known as Orkney's 'Island of Bays', owing to an irregular shape with miles of coastline...
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Papa Stronsay (Scots: Papa Stronsee; Old Norse: Papey Minni) is a small island in Orkney, Scotland, lying north east of Stronsay. It is 74 hectares (183...
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The Stronsay Beast was a large globster (unidentified organism) that washed ashore on the island of Stronsay (at the time spelled Stronsa), in the Orkney...
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Stronsay Airport (IATA: SOY, ICAO: EGER) is located 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) northeast by north of Kirkwall Airport on Stronsay, Orkney Islands...
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canonically erected in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Aberdeen and based on Papa Stronsay in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, as well as in the city of Christchurch...
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mysterious sea serpent of Stronsay". The Scotsman. 2018-01-17. Retrieved 2023-07-14. Jenkins, Bill (2022-01-26). "The 'Stronsay Beast': testimony, evidence...
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Isle Islay Sanday Foula Papa Westray Glasgow Prestwick Kirkwall Stornoway Stronsay Tingwall Tiree Westray Wick Belfast Belfast City Derry Cardiff Alderney...
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referring to the nuckelavee in his description of the Orkney island of Stronsay. Dennison transcribed much of the information available about traditional...
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south of Stronsay and has a lighthouse, completed in 1866. Auskerry is a small, flat, red sandstone islet, 3 miles (5 km) south of Stronsay. A standing...
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This List of bays of the Orkney Islands summarises the bays that are located in the islands of Orkney in Scotland. The heading "Nearest Town" shows the...
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Golgotha Monastery is a monastery located on the Orkney island of Papa Stronsay. The monastery was founded in 1999, after the monastic community of the...
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Olaf's Parish Church". www.stmagnusway.com. Retrieved 17 April 2024. "Stronsay, St Nicholas' Church And Burial-ground | Canmore". canmore.org.uk. Retrieved...
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Cubbie Roo's castle. Stronsay and Papa Stronsay lie much further to the east across the Stronsay Firth. Auskerry is south of Stronsay and has a population...
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Airport Southampton Southampton Airport Stornoway Stornoway Airport Stronsay Stronsay Airport Sumburgh Sumburgh Airport Teesside Teesside International...
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1808 Stronsay Beast 1896 St. Augustine Monster 1924 Trunko 1960 Tasmanian Globster 1968 New Zealand Globster 1970 Tasmanian Globster 2 1983 Gambo 1988...
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List of lochs of Orkney (section Papa Stronsay)
This is a list of the named lochs of Orkney, Scotland. There are numerous lochs, both large and small, scattered across the islands of this archipelago...
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is a Scottish film and television actress. From the Scottish island of Stronsay in the Orkney Islands where her parents were doctors. She studied Kirkwall...
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Whitehall, Orkney (redirect from Whitehall, Stronsay)
Whitehall is the village on the island of Stronsay, in the Orkney Islands of Scotland. It is a small village with about 50 houses. It also has a shop,...
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1808 Stronsay Beast 1896 St. Augustine Monster 1924 Trunko 1960 Tasmanian Globster 1968 New Zealand Globster 1970 Tasmanian Globster 2 1983 Gambo 1988...
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passenger ferry built for the Outer Hebrides. After serving the monks on Papa Stronsay, she now operates in Southern Ireland as Sancta Maria. MV Eilean Bhearnaraigh...
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explained as a plesiosaur, Sjögren concluded, "it was the infamous old 'Stronsay Beast' that once again haunted like on innumerable other occasions. The...
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Ronaldsay South Ronaldsay Sanday Westray Rousay Gairsay Eday Auskerry Stronsay Shapinsay Burray Copinsay Foula Whalsay Yell Unst Fair Isle Fetlar Bressay...
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Spanish possessions in North Africa 33 Possessions of Spain in North Africa. Stronsay 32.75 Island part of Orkney, part of Scotland. Carriacou 32.73 Largest...
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1808 Stronsay Beast 1896 St. Augustine Monster 1924 Trunko 1960 Tasmanian Globster 1968 New Zealand Globster 1970 Tasmanian Globster 2 1983 Gambo 1988...
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Huapi Lake Monster Ogopogo Plesiosauria Sea monster Selma (lake monster) Stronsay Beast Wani (dragon) Zegrze Reservoir Monster In modern form, the oldest...
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on Outer North Isles services, connecting Kirkwall with Eday, Sanday, Stronsay, Westray, Papay, and North Ronaldsay. "Earl Sigurd". Marine Traffic. Retrieved...
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as likely to be the decomposing carcasses of basking sharks, as in the Stronsay Beast and the Zuiyo-maru cases. Basking sharks do not hibernate and are...
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feast-day of the Kings. The Transalpine Redemptorists who live on Papa Stronsay in Scotland, celebrate 'Little Christmas' on the twenty-fifth day of every...
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(anciently Papey Meiri and Papey Minni), [are] now Papa Westray and Papa Stronsay... John of Fordun in his enumeration of the islands, has a 'Papeay tertia'...
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a serpent. Giant oarfish Gyarados Kraken Lindworm Nāga Pyrosome Selma Stronsay Beast Ogopogo Jörmungandr Imugi (Korea) Mizuchi (Japan) "The Apostle of...
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