Sule Stack
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| Sule Stack | |
 From the west, Sule Stack appears like a double rock | |
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| Location | |
| Location: | 59°1’26"N, 4°30’30"W |
| Grid reference: | HX561179 |
| Area: | 7 acres |
| Highest point: | 118 feet |
| Data | |
| Population: | 0 |
Sule Stack or Stack Skerry is an extremely remote island or stack in the North Atlantic 41 miles west of the Orkney Mainland. Sule Stack's sole neighbour, Sule Skerry, lies six miles to the north east and the remote islands of Rona and Sula Sgeir lie further to the west.
It is formed of Lewisian gneiss.[1] Sule Stack and Sule Skerry are home to thousands of Gannets and as a result are listed as a Special Protection Area.
Bird species nesting on the stack include:[2]
- 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
References
- ↑ 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. http://sp.lyellcollection.org/cgi/content/abstract/28/1/501.
- ↑ European Environment Agency: Sule Skerry & Stack Skerry
Outside links
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Coordinates: 59°01′26″N 4°30′30″W / 59.02382°N 4.50846°W
