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{{Short description|Island in the Orkney Islands, Scotland}}
{{distinguish|text=the island of [[Faray]] near [[Eday]]}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox Scottish island
|Image=Fish Farm, Fara - geograph.org.uk - 1720639.jpg
|ImageCaption=A fish farm in Gutter Sound, at the western side of Fara
|location_map=Scotland Orkney
|caption=Fara shown within Orkney
|coordinates = {{coord|58.85|-3.175|display=inline}}
|GridReference=ND325955
|official_name=Fara
|celtic name=
|norse name=Færey
|meaning of name=Island of Sheep (cf [[Faroes|Faroe]])
|area=  {{convert|295|ha|sqmi|2}}
|area rank=89
|highest elevation=  {{convert|43|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}
|Population=0<ref>{{NRS1C}}</ref>
|population rank= 
|main settlement= 
|island group=Orkney
|local authority=Orkney Islands Council
|references=<ref name=Smith>{{Haswell-Smith}}</ref><ref name=OS7>{{cite map|title=Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 7 ''Orkney (Southern Isles)''|ISBN=9780319228135|publisher=Ordnance Survey|date=2008}}</ref><ref name=saga>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}}</ref><ref name=Pedersen>Pedersen, Roy (January 1992) ''Orkneyjar ok Katanes'' (map, Inverness, Nevis Print)</ref>
}}

[[Image:Farahouse.jpg|thumb|left|An abandoned House on Fara. 
Looking North: [[Rysa Little]] with [[Hoy, Orkney|Hoy]] behind to left; [[Graemsay]] with Mainland behind centre and right; [[Cava, Orkney|Cava]] to right.]]

'''Fara''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|f|æ|r|ə|}}, [[Old Norse]]: ''Færey'' <ref name=saga/>) is a small [[island]] in [[Orkney]], [[Scotland]], lying in [[Scapa Flow]] between the islands of [[Flotta]] and [[Hoy, Orkney|Hoy]].  It has been uninhabited since the 1960s. The island’s name is used as a house name at [[Stromness Primary School]], the other houses being [[Cava, Orkney|Cava]], [[Rysa Little|Rysa]], and [[Switha]]

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== Footnotes ==
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{{Commons category|Fara, Orkney Islands|Fara}}
{{South West Orkney}}
{{Orkney Islands}}
{{Islands of Scotland}}
{{coord|58.84163|N|3.17125|W|region:GB_source:enwiki-osgb36(ND325955)|display=title}}<!-- Note: WGS84 lat/long, converted from OSGB36 grid ref -->

[[Category:Uninhabited islands of Orkney]]
[[Category:Former populated places in Scotland]]


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