This article is about the small sea stack north of the Scottish mainland. For the larger nearby island, see Sule Skerry. For the island north of the Hebrides, see Sula Sgeir.
Sule Stack lies 49 kilometres (26+1⁄2 nautical miles) north of the Scottish mainland, and 66 km (35+1⁄2 nmi) west of the Orkney mainland, at grid referenceHX561179. Sule Stack's sole neighbour, Sule Skerry, lies 10 km (5+1⁄2 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
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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.
sule, stack, this, article, about, small, stack, north, scottish, mainland, larger, nearby, island, sule, skerry, island, north, hebrides, sula, sgeir, stack, skerry, extremely, remote, island, stack, north, atlantic, north, coast, scotland, formed, lewisian, . This article is about the small sea stack north of the Scottish mainland For the larger nearby island see Sule Skerry For the island north of the Hebrides see Sula Sgeir 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 StackMeaning of nameGannet Stack from sulaire Scottish Gaelic for northern gannet and Stack originally Norse Norse 1 LocationSule StackSule Stack shown within ScotlandOS grid referenceHX561179Coordinates59 01 N 4 31 W 59 02 N 4 51 W 59 02 4 51Physical geographyIsland groupNorth AtlanticArea2 9 ha 7 1 4 acres Highest elevation36 m 118 ft AdministrationSovereign stateUnited KingdomCountryScotlandCouncil areaOrkneyDemographicsPopulation0References 2 3 4 Sule Stack lies 49 kilometres 26 1 2 nautical miles north of the Scottish mainland and 66 km 35 1 2 nmi west of the Orkney mainland at grid reference HX561179 Sule Stack s sole neighbour Sule Skerry lies 10 km 5 1 2 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 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 Contents 1 See also 2 References 3 Sources 4 External linksSee also editList of outlying islands of ScotlandReferences edit Stewart 1938 p 283 National Records of Scotland 2013 Haswell Smith 2004 Orkney Mainland 2014 Kirton amp Hitchen 1987 EEA n d Sources editHaswell 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 Orkney Mainland Map 1 50 000 Landranger Ordnance Survey 2014 ISBN 9780319228128 Stewart Malcolm 1 February 1938 Notes on the Gannetries of Sule Stack and Sula Sgeir PDF British Birds 31 9 Witherby amp Co 282 294 Sule Skerry amp Stack Skerry European Environment Agency External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sule Stack 59 01 26 N 4 30 30 W 59 02382 N 4 50846 W 59 02382 4 50846 nbsp This Orkney location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sule Stack amp oldid 1211688354, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
