Sule Stack
| Location | |
|---|---|
  Sule Stack Sule Stack shown within Scotland | |
| OS grid reference | HX561179 |
| Physical geography | |
| Island group | North Atlantic |
| Area | 2.9 ha |
| Highest elevation | 36 m |
| Political geography | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Country | Scotland |
| Council area | Orkney |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
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| References | [1][2][3] |
Sule Stack or Stack Skerry is an extremely remote island or stack in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland. It is formed of Lewisian gneiss.[4]
Sule Stack lies 49 kilometres north of the Scottish mainland, and 66 kilometres west of the Orkney mainland, at grid reference HX561179. Sule Stack's sole neighbour, Sule Skerry, lies 10 km to the north east and the remote islands of Rona and Sula Sgeir lie further to the west.
Sule Stack and Sule Skerry are home to thousands of Gannets and as a result are listed as a Special Protection Area.
Sule Stack comes within the administrative region of Orkney Islands.
From the west, Sule Stack appears like a double rock
Bird species nesting on the stack include:[5]
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Atlantic puffin Fratercula arctica
- Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis
- Great black-backed gull Larus marinus
- Common shag Phalacrocorax aristotelis
- Black-legged kittiwake Rissa tridactyla
- Arctic tern Sterna paradisaea
- Northern gannet Morus bassanus
- Common guillemot Uria aalge
See also
References
- ↑ National Records of Scotland (15 August 2013) (pdf) Statistical Bulletin: 2011 Census: First Results on Population and Household Estimates for Scotland - Release 1C (Part Two). "Appendix 2: Population and households on Scotland’s inhabited islands". Retrieved 17 August 2013.
- ↑ Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
- ↑ Ordnance Survey. Get-a-map (Map). 1:25,000. Leisure. Ordinance Survey. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
- ↑ Kirton, S.R.; Hitchen, K. (1987). "Timing and style of crustal extension N of the Scottish mainland". In Coward M.P., Dewey J.F. & Hancock P.L. Continental Extensional Tectonics. Special Publications 28. London: Geological Society. pp. 501–510. ISBN 978-0-632-01605-1.
- ↑ European Environment Agency: Sule Skerry & Stack Skerry
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Coordinates: 59°01′26″N 4°30′30″W / 59.02382°N 4.50846°W
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