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Orkney (unitary authority) |
Coordinates: |
Lat: 59 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 59.0000 decimal degrees |
Long: 003 00 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -3.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Island group and administrative region are coextensive; known as the Orcades in Classical literature; contains prehistoric underground tombs, standing stones and earth houses; large terminals were constructed after oil was discovered in North Sea in 1970s. |
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Orkney (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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Orcadas, Islas (C,O)
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Orkney Islands (C,V,O,English,U)
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Orkneys (C,V)
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Ork (C,V)
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............ | abbreviation |
OKI (C,V)
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............ | abbreviation |
Orkney Islands Area (NA,V,English,U)
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UKV9 (NA,V,FIPS)
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Orcades (H,O)
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Orkney (unitary authority) (P) |
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Orkney (unitary authority) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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unitary authority (preferred, C) |
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since 1996 |
second level subdivision (C) |
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island group (C) |
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agricultural land (C) |
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region (administrative division) (H) |
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established 1975 |
first level subdivision (C) |
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