OrkneyIslands

OrkneyIslands
Ork·ney Islands (ôrkʹnē)
An archipelago comprising about 70 islands in the Atlantic Ocean and the North Sea off the northeast coast of Scotland. Originally settled by Picts, the islands were a Norse dependency after 875 and became part of Scotland in 1472.

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