St Andrews is a parish in Mainland, Orkney. It is located east of the town of Kirkwall

Kirkwall

Kirkwall is the biggest town and capital of Orkney, off the coast of northern mainland Scotland. The town is first mentioned in Orkneyinga saga in the year 1046 when it is recorded as the residence of Rögnvald Brusason the Earl of Orkney, who was killed by his uncle Thorfinn the Mighty...

 and the parish of St Ola

St Ola

St Ola is a parish in Mainland, Orkney. It is in the centre of the island, east of the parish Firth and north of Holm. It contains the capital and largest town of the Orkney archipelago, Kirkwall. Both Kirkwall and St Ola may take their name from the church of St...

 and lies north of Holm

Holm, Mainland Orkney

Holm, pronounced "Ham", is a parish on Mainland, Orkney. It is not to be confused with the many Orkney Islands with "holm" in their name.An adjacent Sound, running between Mainland, and Burray, is also named after Holm. It has since been blocked up by the Churchill Barriers...

 and west of Deerness

Deerness

Deerness is a quoad sacra parish and peninsula in Mainland, Orkney....

. The settlements of Tankerness

Tankerness

Tankerness is a district in the St Andrews parish in Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. Essentially a peninsula, it is about south-east of Kirkwall and east of Kirkwall Airport. The origin of the place name is uncertain, but it may derive from the Norse personal name "Tannskári"...

, Toab

Toab, Orkney

Toab is a settlement on the Orkney Mainland.Toab is located off the A960 road at the head of Deer Sound. It is in the parish of St Andrews - along with Tankerness - it is thought its name derives from the Norse phrase for the place where visiting ships had to pay a toll. - External links :...

 and Foubister are in the parish, as is Kirkwall Airport

Kirkwall Airport

Kirkwall Airport is the main airport serving the Orkney Islands in Scotland. It is located southeast of Kirkwall and is owned by Highlands and Islands Airports Limited...

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Saint Andrews is on the east side of Mainland, and extends from the eastern boundary of Kirkwall parish to the sea, and includes the island of Kirkholm.

The land is mostly flat, but has diversities of surface, and rises nowhere higher than 350 ft. The coast includes both sandy beach and precipitous rock, and has a large sea cavern.

For certain purposes, St Andrews and Deerness

Deerness

Deerness is a quoad sacra parish and peninsula in Mainland, Orkney....

have been united.