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Huna
Huna in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Huna is a place of interest in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Huna is a small remote crofting township, located 1 mile northeast of Canisbay and 1.5 miles west of John o' Groats in Caithness, in Scotland. It is currently part of the Highland Council area.
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Background
History
Huna is likely to have been an important sheltered port from Norse times and it has been suggested that it equates to Hofn, the burial place in 980 of Hlodvar Thorfinnsson, the Norse Jarl of Orkney. In The Place-Names of Canisbay, Caithness, Huna is described as: John o' Groat (Jan de Grot) ran a ferry from Huna to Orkney c. 1500 and a mail service between Huna and South Ronaldsay began in 1819.
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- Coordinates
- 58.6420, -3.0870
Sources
- wikidata: Q5941955 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Huna, Caithness (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Huna?
- Huna is in Scottish Islands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 58.6420°, -3.0870°.