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Sea area enclosed by the mainland of Orkney and the islands of Burray, South Ronaldsay, Flotta and Hoy.
Scapa Flow is about 80 square miles of sheltered waters surrounded by the southern Orkneys.
Major naval anchorage in both wars and the scene of the surrender of the German High Seas Fleet in 1919.
Today a centre of marine activity as Flotta is a pipeline landfall and tanker terminal for North Sea Oil.
- Type:
- Landmark