Hoy

Map of Hoy

HOY (ON Ha-ey, High Island) is the largest Orkney island after the Mainland, being about 20km (12.5 miles) long by 9km (5.6 miles) wide. Most of the island is more like the Scottish Highlands than Orkney, only the southern end being low and fertile. The north and west coasts are bounded by spectacular cliffs, while the southeast coast has so many bays that the Vikings called it Vagaland, Land of Voes. This became Scotticised into Wawis, and then Anglicised to Walls. The old pronunciation of "Waas", however, has survived.

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