Scapa Flow
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Scapa Flow (Old Norse: Skalpaflói—"bay of the long isthmus") is a body of water in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, sheltered by the islands of Mainland, Graemsay, Burray, South Ronaldsay and Hoy. It is about . It has a shallow sandy bottom not deeper than and most of it about deep, and is one of the great natural harbours/anchorages of the world, with sufficient space to hold a number of navies. Viking ships anchored in Scapa Flow more than 1,000 years ago, but it is best known as the site of the United Kingdom's chief naval base during World War I and World War II. The base was closed in 1956.
- Related: Lamb Holm, Glims Holm, Scapa (disambiguation)
| Scapa Flow Visitor Centre and Museum Scapa Flow Visitor Centre and Museum www.scapaflow.co.uk/sfvc.htm - Web |
| Scapa Flow website by North Walls Community School Scapa Flow website by North Walls Community School www.scapaflow.co.uk - Web |
| Scuttling of the High Seas Fleet at Scapa Flow Scuttling of the High Seas Fleet at Scapa Flow www.worldwar1.co.uk/scuttle.html - Web |
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| About the shipwrecks at Scapa Flow About the shipwrecks at Scapa Flow atschool.eduweb.co.uk/jralston/rk/scapa/bunday.htm - Web |
| Listing of German and scuttled ships. Listing of German and scuttled ships. www.gwpda.org/naval/sscuttle.htm - Web |
| Scapa Flow Marine Archaeology Project Scapa Flow Marine Archaeology Project www.scapamap.org - Web |
| Orkney Wireless Museum (in Kirkwall) Orkney Wireless Museum (in Kirkwall) www.owm.org.uk - Web |
