Sule Stack
Meaning of nameGannet Stack, from sùlaire (Scottish Gaelic for northern gannet), and Stack (originally Norse) Norse[1]
Location
Sule Stack is located in Scotland
Sule Stack
Sule Stack
Sule Stack shown within Scotland
OS grid referenceHX561179
Coordinates59°01′N 4°31′W / 59.02°N 4.51°W / 59.02; -4.51
Physical geography
Island groupNorth Atlantic
Area2.9 ha (7+14 acres)
Highest elevation36 m (118 ft)
Administration
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
CountryScotland
Council areaOrkney
Demographics
Population0
Lymphad
References[2][3][4]

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.[5]

Sule Stack lies 49 kilometres (26+12 nautical miles) north of the Scottish mainland, and 66 km (35+12 nmi) west of the Orkney mainland, at grid reference HX561179. Sule Stack's sole neighbour, Sule Skerry, lies 10 km (5+12 nmi) northeast 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; the island falls within the administrative region of the Orkney Islands.

From the west, Sule Stack appears like a double rock

Bird species nesting on the stack include:[6]

See also

References

Sources

  • Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
  • 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. (eds.). Continental Extensional Tectonics. Special Publications. Vol. 28. London: Geological Society. pp. 501–510. ISBN 978-0-632-01605-1.
  • National Records of Scotland (15 August 2013). "Appendix 2: Population and households on Scotland's Inhabited Islands" (PDF). Statistical Bulletin: 2011 Census: First Results on Population and Household Estimates for Scotland Release 1C (Part Two) (PDF) (Report). SG/2013/126. Retrieved 14 August 2020.

59°01′26″N 4°30′30″W / 59.02382°N 4.50846°W / 59.02382; -4.50846


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