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Wikipedia: Scapa Flow is a body of water in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, sheltered by the islands of Mainland, Graemsay, Burray, South Ronaldsay and Hoy. At 360 km² with a sandy bottom and relatively shallow (not deeper than 50 metres and most of it about 20 metres deep), it is one of the great natural harbours/anchorages of the world, with sufficient space to hold a number of navies. Viking ships anchored in Scapa Flow more than 1000 years ago, but it is best known as the site of the United Kingdom's chief naval base during World War I and World War II.
![[Broken German Navy teacup]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Scapa_Flow_2C_German_pottery_shard_28RLH_29_s.jpg "Broken German Navy teacup")
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![[Scapa Flow Visitor Centre, Hoy]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ScapaFlowVisitorCentreRLH_s.jpg "Scapa Flow Visitor Centre, Hoy")
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 from Richard Harvey |
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![[Scapa Flow, viewed from its eastern end]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Scapa_Flow_Churchill_Barrier_1_kingsley_29_JUN_09_s.jpg "Scapa Flow, viewed from its eastern end")
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![[Petroleum tankers wait at anchor in Scapa Flow]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Tankers_in_Scapa_Flow_Mainland_Orkney_kingsley_29_JUN_09_s.jpg "Petroleum tankers wait at anchor in Scapa Flow")
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from Gregory J Kingsley |
![[Broken British Navy teacup]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Scapa_Flow_2C_British_pottery_shard_28RLH_29_s.jpg "Broken British Navy teacup")
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