| 词条 | Hoxa, Orkney |
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|country = Scotland |static_image_name= Dam of Hoxa - geograph.org.uk - 931822.jpg |static_image_caption= The site of The Howe of Hoxa broch (at left) |coordinates = {{coord|58.826|-2.999|display=inline,title}} |os_grid_reference= HY423935 |official_name = Hoxa |label_position = |population = |civil_parish= South Ronaldsay and Burray |unitary_scotland= Orkney |lieutenancy_scotland= Orkney |constituency_westminster= Orkney and Shetland |constituency_scottish_parliament= Orkney |post_town= ORKNEY |postcode_district = KW17 |postcode_area= KW |dial_code= 01856 }}{{Infobox lighthouse | name = Hoxa Head Lighthouse | image_name = Wartime Relics by Scarf Skerry, Hoxa Head - geograph.org.uk - 488867.jpg | image_width = | caption = Hoxa Head concrete towers and gun emplacements sit by the modern lighthouse in the background | location = | pushpin_map = Scotland Orkney | relief = 1 | pushpin_map_caption = Orkney | pushpin = lighthouse | coordinates = {{coord|58.821878|-3.034716}} | coordinates_footnotes = | yearbuilt = 1901 (first) | yearlit = 1996 (current) | automated = 1996 | yeardeactivated = 1996 (first) | foundation = reinforced concrete | construction = metal skeletal tower | shape = quadrangular tower covered by aluminium panels with balcony and light on the top | marking = white tower | height = {{convert|7|m|ft}} | focalheight = {{convert|15|m|ft}} | lens = | currentlens = | lightsource = solar power | intensity = | range = | characteristic = Fl WR 3s. | fogsignal = | racon = | admiralty = A3610 | canada = | NGA = 3100 | ARLHS = SCO-103 | USCG = | country = | countrynumber = | countrylink = | managingagent = Northern Lighthouse Board[1] | heritage = | module = }}Hoxa is a small settlement on the island of South Ronaldsay in the Orkney Islands north of mainland Scotland. Hoxa is located {{convert|1+1/4|mi}} west of St Margaret's Hope[2] at the end of the B9043 road.[3]Thorfinn Turf-Einarsson the 10th century Norse Earl of Orkney (aka Thorfinn Skullsplitter) may be buried at the site of The Howe broch just north of Hoxa.[4] See also
References1. ^[https://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/ork.htm Hoxa Head] The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 27 May 2016 2. ^"Hoxa". Gazetteer of Scotland. Retrieved 7 January 2014. 3. ^{{Ordnance Survey}} 4. ^Wenham, Sheena "The South Isles" in Omand, Donald (ed.) (2003) The Orkney Book. Edinburgh. Birlinn. {{ISBN|1-84158-254-9}} pp. 211-12 External links
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