List of Orkney islands
Main list
This is a list of islands with an area greater than 15 hectares (approximately 37 acres). Records for the last date of settlement for the smaller uninhabited islands are incomplete, but all of the islands listed here would have been inhabited at some point during the Neolithic, Pictish or Norse periods.

List of Orkney islands

Section Title: Main list
Table Section Text: This is a list of islands with an area greater than 15 hectares (approximately 37 acres). Records for the last date of settlement for the smaller uninhabited islands are incomplete, but all of the islands listed here would have been inhabited at some point during the Neolithic, Pictish or Norse periods.

Island	Group	Area (ha)	Population	Last inhabited	Highest point	Height (m)

Auskerry	North Isles	85	4	West Hill	18

Brough of Birsay	Mainland	16	0	unknown	Brough Head	42

Burray	South Isles	903	409	80

Calf of Eday	North Isles	243	0	unknown	54

Calf of Flotta	South Isles	16	0	unknown	16

Cava	South Isles	107	0	1990s	38

Copinsay	South Isles	73	0	1970s	Broad Lee	70

Damsay	North Isles	18	0	unknown	11

Eday	North Isles	2745	160	Ward Hill	101

Egilsay	North Isles	650	26	35

Eynhallow	North Isles	75	0	1842-90	30

Fara	South Isles	295	0	1960s	Thomson's Hill	43

Faray	North Isles	180	0	1940s	32

Flotta	South Isles	876	80	West Hill	58

Gairsay	North Isles	240	3	102

Glimps Holm	South Isles	55	0	unknown	32

Graemsay	South Isles	409	28	West Hill	62

Helliar Holm	North Isles	35	0	1967	28

Holm of Faray	North Isles	27	0	unknown	19

Holm of Grimbister	North Isles	16	3	8

Holm of Huip	North Isles	24	0	unknown	18

Holm of Papa	North Isles	21	0	unknown	15

Holm of Scockness	North Isles	22	0	unknown	18

Hoy	South Isles	13468	419	Ward Hill	479

Hunda	South Isles	100	0	unknown	41

Inner Holm	South Isles	2	1	7

Lamb Holm	South Isles	40	See below	1945	20

Linga Holm	North Isles	57	0	1842-90	18

Muckle Green Holm	North Isles	28	0	unknown	28

Muckle Skerry	Pentland Skerries	34	0	1994	20

North Ronaldsay	North Isles	690	72	23

Orkney Mainland	Mainland	52325	17162	Mid Hill	271

Papa Stronsay	North Isles	74	0	13

Papa Westray	North Isles	918	90	North Hill	48

Rousay	North Isles	4860	216	Blotchnie Fiold	250

Rysa Little	South Isles	33	0	19th century	20

Sanday	North Isles	5043	494	The Wart	65

Shapinsay	North Isles	2948	307	Ward Hill	64

South Ronaldsay	South Isles	4980	909	Ward Hill	118

South Walls	South Isles	1100	See Hoy	Gallow Tuag	57

Start Point	North Isles	24	0	unknown	Mount Misery	8

Stronsay	North Isles	3275	349	Burgh Hill	44

Switha	South Isles	41	0	20th century?	29

Sweyn Holm	North Isles	17	0	unknown	15

Swona	South Isles	92	0	1974	Warbister Hill	41

Westray	North Isles	4713	588	Fitty Hill	169

Wyre	North Isles	311	29	32

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Eday is the ninth largest island.

final_sentence: Eday is the ninth largest island.