Where would you find the Orkney Islands?

群岛在以下哪个地方？

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

群岛是个人烟稀少的群岛。

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

自身分布有三个基因群的郡极像挪威。

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群岛的地位。

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看考古遗迹。

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

3月15日，南设德群岛和南内群岛的纬度走过了。

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

在1472年之前，群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.

该地区包括苏岛末端的部分地区以及群岛。

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

以下哪个群岛中最靠北？设得群岛，群岛，加那利群岛还是亚速尔群岛。

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

在苏大陆北部偏远的群岛，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，群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.

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，在苏群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.

群岛位于苏大陆北部， 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.

他们一起探索了海峡，这是一个距离南极岛 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."

群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群岛的“北欧联系”。

Trees just can't grow in the Orkney winds.

树木无法在群岛的风中生长。

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

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.

群岛就在海岸附近。