Flotta

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Flotta
Village Whome auf Flotta
Village Whome auf Flotta
Waters North Sea
Archipelago Orkney Islands
Geographical location 58 ° 49 ′ 41 ″  N , 3 ° 7 ′ 4 ″  W Coordinates: 58 ° 49 ′ 41 ″  N , 3 ° 7 ′ 4 ″  W
Location of Flotta
length 4 km
width 3.5 km
surface 8.76 km²
Highest elevation West Hill
58  m
Residents 80 (2011)
9.1 inhabitants / km²
main place Whome

The island of Flotta (actually Flottay; from Norn Fleuks (flounder) "the flat island") belongs to the Orkneys group and is located about 30 km north-northeast of Scotland . In 2011, 80 people lived on Flotta.

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Within the archipelago, it is two kilometers east of the second largest island of Hoy and eight kilometers south of the main island Mainland at the southern exit of the Bay of Scapa Flow . In 1910 the island was still dominated by agriculture and had 431 inhabitants. Due to its location, it was of particular strategic importance in both world wars. Today it still has the Orkney's only noteworthy grove, which was planted to camouflage the military installations during World War II .

The inhabited island, which is only a few square kilometers in size, has an important oil terminal and a small airfield . There are regular ferry connections to Scotland and the neighboring islands. Due to a deeply cutting bay on the east coast, it has approximately a “C” shape with approximate dimensions of four kilometers in east-west and 3.5 km in north-south direction.

The Flotta Stone (also Flotta Cross ), a cross slab found by Lurdy , now in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland in Edinburgh, is without a doubt the most watched relic from the prehistoric times of this island.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 2011 census data

Web links

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