Where would you find the Orkney Islands?

奥岛在以下哪个地方？

You see, the Orkney Islands are a sparsely-populated archipelago.

奥岛是个人烟稀少的岛。

Orkney, which has three clusters of its own, looks Norse.

自身分布有三个基因的奥郡极像挪威。

The British government said there was " no mechanism" to change the status of Orkney.

英国政府表示，没有任何机制可以改变奥岛的地位。

For too many years people have driven through Caithness to go to Orkney to see archaeology.

多年来，人们开车穿过凯思内斯去奥看考。

On March 15 we passed beyond the latitude of the South Shetland and South Orkney Islands.

3月15日，南设德兰岛和南奥内岛的纬度走过了。

Orkney was under Norwegian and Danish control for centuries until 1472.

在1472年之前，奥岛一直被挪威和丹麦控制了几个世纪。

The area includes parts of the end of the Scottish peninsula as well as the Orkney Islands.

该地区包括苏格兰半岛末端的部分地区以及奥岛。

Which of these island chains is located the farthest north? Shetland Islands, Orkney Islands, Canary Islands or Azores.

以下哪个岛中最靠北？设得兰岛，奥岛，加那利岛还是亚速尔岛。

Another version of a mermaid-like creatures, called Selkies, are found in the remote Orkney Islands, north of the Scottish mainland.

在苏格兰大陆北部偏远的奥岛，人们发现了另一种类似美人鱼的生物——塞尔基。

He said that Orkney needs new boats to keep its many islands connected.

他说，奥岛需要新船来保持许多岛屿之间的联系。

Orkney's most charming wartime sight is its Italian chapel.

奥最迷人的战时景点是它的意大利教堂。

And, as the picture shows, sheep on North Ronaldsay, in the Orkney Islands of Scotland, still graze on the stuff.

如图所示，在苏格兰奥岛的北罗纳德赛岛上，羊仍然以这种东西为食。

The Orkney Islands lay north of mainland Scotland and are home to about 21,000 people.

奥岛位于苏格兰大陆北部， 居住着大约 21, 000 人。

Together, they explored the Orkney Passage, an extremely deep, cold region of ocean 500 miles off the Antarctic Peninsula.

他们一起探索了奥海峡，这是一个距离南极半岛 500 英里的极深、寒冷的海洋区域。

David Dawson, a member of Orkney's local government, also criticized some of the ideas being proposed for the island as " daydreams."

奥岛地方政府成员大卫·道森也批评了一些为该岛提出的想法，称其是“白日做梦”。

The proposal from local government leader James Stockan got international attention with its mention of possibly restoring Orkney's " Nordic connections."

当地政府领导人詹姆斯·斯托坎的提议引起了国际社会的关注，因为该项提议提到了可能恢复奥岛的“北欧联系”。

Trees just can't grow in the Orkney winds.

树木无法在奥岛的风中生长。

Orkney's landscape is mostly flat and bald, with few trees and lots of tidy farms.

奥的地貌大多平坦且光秃秃的，树木稀少， 但有许多整洁的农场。

Orkney looms just off the coast.

奥岛就在海岸附近。