ORIGINAL ANTIQUE MAP TERRITORY NAUTICAL CHART ORKNEY ISLANDS SCOTLAND

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ANTIQUE ORIGINAL MAPTERRITORY NAUTICAL CHART
[Thismap is not a reproduction or from a scan, and it's printed on a thick papermatting surface. My Map collection, passed down by my grandfather, has beenstored flat and folded]
ORKNEY ISLANDS SCOTLAND
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.
Orkney
(
/
ˈ
ɔːr
k
n
i
/
;
Scots
:
Orkney
;
Old Norse
:
Orkneyjar
;
Norn
:
Orknøjar
), also known as the
Orkney Islands
,
[Notes 1]
is an
archipelago
in the
Northern Isles
of
Scotland
, situated off the north coast of the island of
Great Britain
. Orkney is 10 miles (16 km) north of the coast of
Caithness
and has about 70 islands, of which 20 are inhabited.
[3]
[4]
[5]
The largest island, the
Mainland
, has an area of 523 square kilometres (202 sq mi), making it the
sixth-largest Scottish island
and the
tenth-largest island in the British Isles
.
[6]
Orkney’s largest settlement, and also its administrative centre, is
Kirkwall
.
[7]
Orkney is one of the 32
council areas
of Scotland, as well as a
constituency
of the
Scottish Parliament
, a
lieutenancy area
, and an
historic county
. The local council is
Orkney Islands Council
, one of only three councils in Scotland with a majority of elected members who are
independents
.
[Notes 2]
The islands have been inhabited for at least 8,500 years, originally occupied by
Mesolithic
and
Neolithic
tribes and then by the
Picts
. Orkney was colonized and later annexed by the
Kingdom of Norway
in 875 and settled by the
Norsemen
. In 1472, the
Parliament of Scotland
absorbed the
Earldom of Orkney
into the
Kingdom of Scotland
, following failure to pay a
dowry
promised to
James III of Scotland
by the family of his bride,
Margaret of Denmark
.
[10]
In addition to the Mainland, most of the remaining islands are divided into two groups: the North Isles and the South Isles. The climate is relatively mild and the soils are extremely fertile; most of the land is farmed, and agriculture is the most important sector of the economy. The significant wind and marine energy resources are of growing importance; the amount of electricity that Orkney generates annually from renewable energy sources exceeds its demand.
The local people are known as Orcadians; they speak a distinctive
dialect
of the
Scots language
and have a rich body of folklore. Orkney contains some of the oldest and best-preserved Neolithic sites in Europe; the "
Heart of Neolithic Orkney
" is a designated
UNESCO
World Heritage Site
. Orkney also has an abundance of marine and avian wildlife.