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Orkney Islands

Range Type	Island
Highest Point	Ward Hill (481 m/1578 ft)
Countries	United Kingdom
States/Provinces	Scotland
Area	971 sq km / 375 sq mi Area may include lowland areas
Extent	73 km / 46 mi North-South 60 km / 38 mi East-West
Center Lat/Long	59° 1' N; 2° 55' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Orkney Islands
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Orkney Islands.

Scotland Islands	Level 4 (Parent)
Shetland Islands	Level 5 (Sibling)
Orkney Islands	Level 5
Western Isles	Level 5 (Sibling)
Skye Archipelago	Level 5 (Sibling)
Mull-Coll-Tiree	Level 5 (Sibling)
Jura-Islay-Arran	Level 5 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Orkney Islands

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	m	ft	Range6
1.	Ward Hill	481	1578
2.	Cuilags	435	1427
3.	Knap of Trowieglen	399	1309
4.	Mid Hill	275	902
5.	Blotchnie Fiold	250	820
6.	Wideford Hill	225	738
7.	Milldoe-Mid Tooin	224	735
8.	Keelylang Hill	221	725
9.	Fitty Hill	169	554
10.	Ward Hill	118	387
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

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