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| OS grid reference | ND263961 |
| Names | |
| Norse name | Há-øy[1] |
| Meaning of name | Old Norse for 'high island'[1] |
| Area and summit | |
| Area | 14,318 hectares (55.3 sq mi)[1] |
| Area rank | 12 |
| Highest elevation | Ward Hill 479 metres (1,572 ft) |
| Population | |
| Population | 272 |
| Population rank | 28 out of 100 |
| Main settlement | Lyness |
| Groupings | |
| Island group | Orkney |
| Local Authority | Orkney Islands |
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| References | [1][2][3][4][5][6] |
| If shown, area and population ranks are for all Scottish islands and all inhabited Scottish islands respectively. Population data is from 2001 census. | |
Hoy (from Norse Háey meaning high island) is an island in Orkney, Scotland. With an area of 143 square kilometres (55 sq mi) it is the second largest in the archipelago after the Mainland. It is connected by a causeway called The Ayre to South Walls. Unusually, the two islands are treated as one entity by the UK census.[7]
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Description [link]
The dramatic coastline of Hoy greets visitors travelling to Orkney by ferry from the Scottish mainland. It has extremes of many kinds: some of the highest sea cliffs in the UK at St John's Head, which reach 350 metres (1,150 ft);[1] the impressive and famous sea stack, the Old Man of Hoy; some of the most northerly surviving natural woodland in the British Isles; the remote possibility that Arctic Char survive in Heldale Water and the most northerly Martello Towers, which were built to defend the area during the Napoleonic War, but were never used in combat.
The highest point in Orkney, Ward Hill, is found on Hoy.
The main naval base for the British fleet Scapa Flow in both the First and Second World Wars was situated at Lyness in the south-east of the island. Some rather incongruous art deco structures nearby date from this period.
An unusual rock-cut tomb, the Dwarfie Stane, lies in the Rackwick valley in the north of the island. It is unique in northern Europe, bearing similarity to Neolithic or Bronze Age tombs around the Mediterranean. The tomb gets its name as it is very small and was said to be carved by dwarves.
In Norse mythology, Hoy is the location of the never-ending battle between Hedin and Högni.
Orkney Ferries serve the island with two routes. One links Lyness on Hoy and Longhope on Walls with the island of Flotta and Houton on the Orkney Mainland. The other links Moaness in Hoy to the island of Graemsay and Stromness on Orkney Mainland.
Hoy is part of the Hoy and West Mainland National Scenic Area, one of 40 in Scotland.[8]
Wildlife [link]
The northern part of the island is an RSPB reserve due to its importance for birdlife, particularly Great skuas and red-throated divers. It was sold to the RSPB by the Hoy Trust for a minimal amount.[9] Anastrepta orcadensis, a liverwort also known as Orkney Notchwort, was first discovered on Ward Hill by William Jackson Hooker in 1808.[10][11]
In pop culture [link]
Hoy is featured prominently in the 1984 video for "Here Comes The Rain Again" by Eurythmics.
Gallery [link]
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Cliffs on the Atlantic coast of Hoy, south of Rackwick
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The Old Man of Hoy, seen from the south
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Scapa Flow Visitor Centre
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Hoy High Lighthouse on Graemsay viewed from Mainland
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Rackwick valley
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Rackwick
References [link]
- ^ a b c d e Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. pp. 344-6. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
- ^ 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
- ^ Orkney Placenames
- ^ Ordnance Survey
- ^ Anderson, Joseph (Ed.) (1893) Orkneyinga Saga. Translated by Jón A. Hjaltalin & Gilbert Goudie. Edinburgh. James Thin and Mercat Press (1990 reprint). ISBN 0-901824-25-9
- ^ Pedersen, Roy (January 1992) Orkneyjar ok Katanes (map, Inverness, Nevis Print)
- ^ General Register Office for Scotland (28 November 2003) Occasional Paper No 10: Statistics for Inhabited Islands.
- ^ "National Scenic Areas". SNH. Retrieved 30 Mar 2011.
- ^ Haswell-Smith, Hamish (1996). The Scottish Islands. Canongate. p. 283. ISBN 0-86241-579-9.
- ^ "Bryology (mosses, liverworts and hornworts)" Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Retrieved 15 May 2008.
- ^ "West Highland Mosses And Problems They Suggest" (January 1907) Annals Of Scottish Natural History 61 p. 46. Edinburgh. Retrieved 11 June 2008.
External links [link]
Coordinates: 58°51′N 3°18′W / 58.85°N 3.3°W
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Unwrapped (album)
Unwrapped is the tenth studio solo album and twenty-fourth album overall by Cuban-American singer Gloria Estefan, released in 2003. It also was the first English language studio album since 1998's gloria!.
Album history
Estefan worked with notable artists on the album. Stevie Wonder played harmonica and sang on "Into You," while Chrissie Hynde appeared on "One Name". "Hoy," which became one of Estefan's most successful singles, was written by Peruvian singer-composer Gian Marco and contains several Peruvian folk music elements.
The album uses the theme of unwrapping herself to the world in the lyrics, recording and the artwork. The picture on the back cover is actually Gloria's back. Next to the title, "Into You," there is a pink line that runs down to the bottom. That is the scar from Gloria's back surgery when she broke her back in 1990. She has never shown the scar publicly before. Since the lyrics were supposed to come from within her, some of the song lyrics are actually written on her body backwards, hence stressing that the lyrics emerged from inside her body. If the viewer puts the picture of the cover up to a mirror he/she can read some of the lyrics to "Wrapped," "Famous" and "I Will Always Need Your Love." The picture above the "I Will Always Need Your Love" lyrics is Gloria holding hands with her husband Emilio, for whom the song was written. The picture of the hand pointing to the lyrics to "You" is Gloria's daughter, Emily, for whom the song was written.
Hoy (U.S. newspaper)
Hoy is part of Tribune Publishing, publishing two of the leading Spanish language newspapers in Chicago and Los Angeles. Hoy and Hoy Fin de Semana have a combined weekly distribution of nearly 1.8 million copies nationally. Hoy claims the largest Spanish-language daily newspaper Monday-Friday in Chicago and the Los Angeles Hoy Fin de Semana product is the largest home-delivered Spanish-language newspaper in the nation.
On February 12, 2007, Tribune announced the sale of Hoy New York to ImpreMedia LLC, the parent company of El Diario La Prensa, for an undisclosed sum. Hoy Chicago and Hoy Los Angeles are not affected by the transaction.
