- Cava, Orkney
Infobox Scottish island
latitude=58.88
longitude=-3.17
GridReference=ND326998
celtic name=
norse name= Kálfey
meaning of name=Old Norse meaning 'calf island'.
area=107 ha
area rank= 145
highest elevation= 38 m
Population=0
population rank=
main settlement=
island group=Orkney
local authority=Orkney Islands
references=Haswell-Smith, Hamish. (2004) "The Scottish Islands". Edinburgh. Canongate.] [ [http://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/ Ordnance Survey] ] [Anderson, Joseph (Ed.) (1893) "Orkneyinga Saga". Translated by Jón A. Hjaltalin & Gilbert Goudie. Edinburgh. James Thin and Mercat Press (1990 reprint). ISBN 0-901824-25-9] Pedersen, Roy (January 1992) "Orkneyjar ok Katanes" (map, Inverness, Nevis Print)]Cava is an uninhabited island in the
Orkney archipelago inScotland . It is 107 hectares in extent and rises to 38 metres (125 feet) above sea level. The literal meaning of the name is 'calf island', a terminology often used to designate a small island near to a larger one. Cava is unusual in that it includes a small peninsula joined to the main body of the island by a narrowisthmus , which is in turn called 'Calf of Cava'.It is situated in the
Scapa Flow just offshore from the much larger island ofHoy . Nearby are the islets ofRysa Little and Fara and theskerry Barrel of Butter. To the south of Cava, between Fara and Rysa Little liesGutter Sound , the scene of the mass-scuttling of the interned German ImperialHigh Seas Fleet in 1919.In the eighteenth century a notorious Orkney pirate, John Gow, raided the island and took away three young women. However, in common with a number of the smaller South Isles of Orkney, Cava lost its resident population during the course of the twentieth century. [cite book|last=Wenham| first=Sheena| title=The South Isles| editor="The Orkney Book" by Omand, Donald (ed.) |year=2003| |location=Edinburgh| publisher=Birlinn| pages=208] There is still a habitable building on the island - Cava Lodge. There are no good anchorages in the vicinity.
ee also
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Calf of Eday
*Calf of Man
* Calf of Flotta
*List of Orkney islands References
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