Sanday shown within Orkney Islands

Sanday is one of the inhabited islands in the Orkney Islands group off the northern coast of Scotland. Adaption of Image:Orkney. ... Adaption of Image:Orkney. ... The Orkney Islands are one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland, and form a traditional county and Lieutenancy area, and the Orkney constituency of the Scottish Parliament. ... Travel guide to Scotland from Wikitravel Transport in Scotland Timeline of Scottish history Caledonia List of not fully sovereign nations Subdivisions of Scotland National parks (Scotland) Traditional music of Scotland Flower of Scotland Wars of Scottish Independence National Trust for Scotland Historic houses in Scotland Castles in Scotland Museums in...

Sanday, so called because of its sandy beaches ("sand island") is thought to have been mostly underwater at some periods of prehistory and is thought at one time to have consisted of several smaller islands which joined together when the sea level decreased. The island has large sand dunes where seals and otters can be found. Inland it is fertile and agricultural. 90 mile beach Australia A beach or strand is a geological formation consisting of loose rock particles such as sand, shingle, cobble, or even shell along the shoreline of a body of water. ... The term prehistory (Greek words προ = before and ιστορία = history) is usually used to describe the period before written history became available. ... This article is about the sand formations, for other meanings see Dune (disambiguation) Mesquite Flat Dunes in Death Valley National Park In physical geography, a dune is a hill of sand built by eolian (wind-related) processes. ... subfamilies Otariidae Phocidae Odobenidae Pinnipeds are large marine mammals belonging to the Pinnipedia, a family (sometimes a suborder or superfamily, depending on the classification scheme) of the order Carnivora. ... Genera Amblonyx Aonyx Enhydra Lontra Lutra Lutrogale Pteronura Otters are aquatic or marine carnivorous mammals, members of the large and diverse family Mustelidae, which also includes weasels, polecats, badgers, and others. ...

The main centres of population on Sanday are Lady Village and Kettletoft. Sanday can be reached by ro-ro-ferry ferries or plane from Kirkwall on the Orkney Mainland. Cultural activities revolve around the school. The Pride of Burgundy, a P&O Ferries car ferry on the Dover-Calais route A ferry is a boat or a ship carrying passengers, and sometimes their vehicles, on scheduled services. ... Location within the British Isles Kirkwall is the largest town and capital of the Orkney Islands, in northern Scotland. ... The Mainland, Orkney shown within The Orkney Islands The Mainland is the main island of Orkney, Scotland. ...

Attractions on the island include the Quoyness chambered cairn, dating from the 3rd millennium BC. A chambered cairn is a burial monument, usually constructed during the Neolithic, consisting of a cairn of stones inside which a sizeable (usually stone) chamber was constructed. ... (4th millennium BC – 3rd millennium BC – 2nd millennium BC – other millennia) // Events Syria: Foundation of the city of Mari (29th century BC ) Iraq: Creation of the Kingdom of Elam Germination of the Bristlecone pine tree Methuselah about 2700 BC, the oldest known tree still living now Dynasty of Lagash in...

Sanday's most famous inhabitant currently is Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, composer and the Master of the Queen's Music. Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (b. ...

External links

• Sanday has a large, frequently updated website at www.sanday.co.uk