What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Marco Polo: Jack's Reef, Huip, Stronsay, Orkney as Barque (20th Century)-(1915). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
The *Marco Polo* was a 20th-century barque that wrecked on Jack's Reef, near Huip, Stronsay, Orkney, in 1915. The vessel was lost with all hands, though the exact number of crew members is not recorded, and its remains are now a protected historic site in Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment.
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Places near here
Stronsay, Huip NessCairn (later Prehistoric)(possible) · 437 yd
Stronsay, Oyce of HuipArd (period Unknown) · 1021 yd
Papa StronsayFarmstead (norse) · 1284 yd
Stronsay, Whitehall Village, PierPier (post Medieval) · 1659 yd
Grice NessHeadland · 1.3 mi
Holms of SpurnessIslet · 3.2 mi
Bay of StoveBay · 3.8 mi
Burgh Hill, Stronsay's "summit"Mountain or hill · 4.7 mi
Cemetery at Holland FarmChurch, cross or graveyard · 4.8 mi
Seals on the beachBeach · 5.0 mi
HowarNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 5.1 mi