Island Of Hoy On Visit To The Orkney Islands Scotland

Tour Scotland travel video clip, with Scottish music, of the Island of Hoy the largest archipelago, after Mainland, on visit to the Orkney Islands. Hoy is from the Norse Háey meaning " high island ". The Old Man of Hoy is a 449 feet high sea stack of red sandstone perched on a plinth of Igneous Basalt rock, close to Rackwick Bay on the west coast of the island of Hoy. It is a distinctive landmark seen from the Thurso to Stromness ferry. The Old Man is popular with climbers, and was first climbed in 1966. Created by the erosion of a cliff through hydraulic action some time after 1750, the stack is no more than a few hundred years old. The dramatic coastline of Hoy can be seen by visitors traveling to Orkney by ferry from the Scottish mainland. It has some of the highest sea cliffs in the UK at St John's Head, which reach 1,150 feet in height. In Norse mythology, Hoy hosted Hjaðningavíg, the never-ending battle between Heðin and Högni. Hoy is featured prominently in the 1984 video for " Here Comes The Rain Again " by Eurythmics. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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