Talk:List of Orkney islands

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[edit] Small Islands

The main list has been defined as including only islands greater than 10 hectares. This excludes Calf of Flotta, which currently has no article page. For the record it is 8.5 ha in extent and has a height of 16 m. Ben MacDui (Talk) 18:41, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Definition

Can South Walls be an island since it is never surrounded by water? Abtract 18:33, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

For the record: see previous and ensuing discussions at Talk:List of islands of Scotland and Talk:South Walls. "Our understanding is that until about the beginning of the 20th century South Walls was a tidal island but is now connected to Hoy by a causeway". Ben MacDui (Talk) 14:15, 16 September 2007 (UTC)