Rockall

#6302 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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Rockall is an uninhabitable granite islet situated in the North Atlantic Ocean. The United Kingdom claims that Rockall lies within its exclusive economic zone and is part of its territory, but this claim is not recognised by the Republic of Ireland. It and the nearby skerries of Helen's reef are the only emergent parts of the Rockall Plateau. The rock was formed by magmatism as part of the North Atlantic Igneous Province during the Paleogene. ()

Alternative names: Maximum elevation: 56 ftCoordinates: 57°36'1"N, 7°31'7"W

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ScotlandUnited Kingdom

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Rockall – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Scolpaig Tower, Baleshare, Kirkibost, Sibhinis.

3.4 miNE
Tower, Archaeological site
Scolpaig Tower, North Uist
88 min walk • Scolpaig Tower is a Georgian folly located near the village of Scolpaig on the island of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides. The name probably derives from the Old Norse scolpvik, or 'Scolp Bay'.
7.3 miSE
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Baleshare
187 min walk • Baleshare is a flat tidal island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Baleshare lies to the south-west of North Uist. Its economics and community were boosted by the building of a causeway in 1962. The 350-metre causeway was built by William Tawse Ltd.
4.6 miSE
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Kirkibost
118 min walk • Kirkibost is a low-lying island west of North Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.
6.9 miSW
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Sibhinis
176 min walk • Sibhinis, Siobhanais or Shivinish. is one of the Monach Islands, lying between Ceann Iar and Ceann Ear. It is tidal, and connected at low tide to Ceann Iar by Fadhail Shibhinis, and to Ceann Ear by Faodhail Chinn Ear. It is 16 metres at its highest point.
5.7 miNE
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Vallay
147 min walk • Vallay is an uninhabited tidal island in the Scottish Outer Hebrides. It can be reached from North Uist by a long beach at low tide. Once the island supported a population of nearly sixty people. Its best-known inhabitant was the archaeologist Erskine Beveridge. The island is...

Rockall

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Rockall – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Scolpaig Tower, North Uist

Baleshare

Kirkibost

Sibhinis

Vallay