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Mainland is, unsuprisingly, the main one of the Orkney Islands in Scotland.

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• Kirkwall
• Stromness

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[edit] By plane

Loganair[1], a subsidiary of British Airways fly to and from Edinburgh, Glasgow, Inverness, Aberdeen and the Shetland Islands from Kirkwall's airport.

Local routes also connect the other Orkney Islands to Kirkwall.

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Northlink Ferries[2] travel several times daily between Stromness and Scrabster and several times a week during the night between Kirkwall and Lerwick and Aberdeen.

Pentland Ferries[3] sail between nearby St Margaret's Hope and Gill's Bay (near John O'Groats).

John O' Groats Ferries[4] passenger ferries travel during the summer between nearby Burwick and John O'Groats.

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