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Costa, a headland at the northern extremity of the mainland of Orkney, on the mutual border of Evie and Birsay parishes. Projecting to a point 4 miles ENE of the Brough of Birsay, it comprises a hill 478 feet high, and presents to the ocean a bold precipitous cliff. See Evie.
(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)
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Feature Description: | "a headland" (ADL Feature Type: "capes") |
Administrative units: | Orkney ScoCnty |
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