Backaland

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{{Infobox UK place

|country = Scotland

|static_image_name= Farm overlooking Bay of Backaland, Eday. - geograph.org.uk - 531449.jpg

|static_image_caption= A farm overlooking the Bay of Backaland, Eday

|coordinates = {{coord|59.157|-2.759|display=inline,title}}

|official_name= Backaland

|population =

|shire_district=

|unitary_scotland= Orkney

|metropolitan_borough=

| metropolitan_county =

|region=

|civil_parish= Eday and Pharay

|lieutenancy_scotland= Orkney

|constituency_westminster= Orkney and Shetland

|constituency_scottish_parliament= Orkney

|historic_county=

|post_town= ORKNEY

|postcode_district = KW17

|postcode_area= KW

|dial_code= 01856

|os_grid_reference= HY565302

}}

Backaland is a settlement on the island of Eday in Orkney, Scotland. The settlement is also within the parish of Eday,{{cite web|url=http://www.scottish-places.info/towns/towndetails7960.html|title=Details of Backaland|publisher=Gazetteer for Scotland|accessdate=1 January 2015}} and it is located to the south west of the island.{{cite web|url=http://www.getamap.ordnancesurveyleisure.co.uk/|title=Get-a-map|publisher=Ordnance Survey|accessdate=26 Feb 2012|archive-date=27 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150727005635/http://www.getamap.ordnancesurveyleisure.co.uk/|url-status=dead}} Backaland is situated at the southern end of the B9063.{{cite web|url=http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/wiki/index.php?title=B9063|title=B9063|publisher=Sabre|accessdate=1 January 2015}}