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Rockall
Rockall () is a , uninhabitable granite islet in the North Atlantic Ocean. It is west of Soay, St Kilda, Scotland; north-west of Tory Island, Ireland; and south of Iceland. The nearest permanently inhabited place is in North Uist, east in Scotland's Outer Hebrides.
Sula Sgeir
island in Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
Pentland Skerries
island group in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom
Muckle Skerry
largest of the Pentland Skerries that lie off the north coast of Scotland, uk
Skerryvore
Skerryvore (from the Gaelic An Sgeir Mhòr meaning "The Great Skerry") is a remote island that lies off the west coast of Scotland, southwest of Tiree. Skerryvore Lighthouse is located on these rocks, built with some difficulty between 1838 and 1844 by Alan Stevenson.
Sule Skerry
a remote skerry in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland
Inchcape
Inchcape or the Bell Rock is a reef about off the east coast of Angus, Scotland, near Dundee and Fife, occupied by the Bell Rock Lighthouse. The name Inchcape comes from the Scottish Gaelic Innis Sgeap, meaning "beehive isle", probably comparing the shape of the reef to old-style skep beehives. According to legend, the alternative name Bell Rock derives from a 14th-century attempt by the Abbot of Arbroath to install a warning bell on the reef; the bell was removed by a Dutch pirate who perished a year later on the rocks, a story that is immortalised in "The Inchcape Rock" (1802), a poem by Rob
Bound Skerry
island in the Out Skerries, Shetland, United Kingdom
Hyskeir
thumb|The island in 1892.
Dubh Artach
remote skerry off the west coast of Scotland
Hasselwood Rock
isle in Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
Ramna Stacks
group of islands in Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
Garbh Sgeir
island near Oigh-sgeir, Highland, Scotland, UK
Ve Skerries
group of low skerries 3 miles north west of Papa Stour, on the west coast of Shetland
Torran Rocks
archipelago in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK
Craigmaroinn
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Lady's Rock
is an islet to the south west of Lismore in the Inner Hebrides.