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Orkney Islands
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Orkney
Orkney
(), also known as the
Orkney Islands
, is an
archipelago
in the
Northern Isles
of
Scotland
,
United Kingdom
. Situated off the north coast of
Great Britain
, Orkney is 16 kilometres (10 mi) north of the coast of
Caithness
and comprises approximately 70 islands, of which 20 are inhabited. The largest island,
Mainland
, often referred to as "the Mainland", has an area of 523.25 square kilometres (202 sq mi), making it the
sixth-largest Scottish island
and the
tenth-largest island in the British Isles
. The largest settlement and administrative centre is
Kirkwall
.
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