Old travel photograph of Backaskaill Beach on Sanday, Orkney Islands, Scotland. Sanday is one of the inhabited islands of Orkney that lies off the north coast of mainland Scotland. It is the third largest of the Orkney Islands. The main centres of population are Lady Village and Kettletoft. Sanday can be reached by Orkney Ferries or by plane from Kirkwall on the Orkney Mainland. The Picts were the pre Norse inhabitants of Sanday but very few placenames remain from this period. The Norse named the island Sandey or Sand-øy because of the predominance of sandy beaches and this became " Sanday " during the Scots and English speaking periods. The similarly named Sandoy is in the Faroe Islands. Seals and otters can be found in and around Sanday.
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