Sule Stack
| Sule Stack (Stack Skerry) | ||
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| Gewässer | Atlantischer Ozean | |
| Inselgruppe | Orkneyinseln | |
| Geographische Lage | 59° 1′ 20″ N, 4° 30′ 1″ W | |
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| Länge | 300 m | |
| Breite | 150 m | |
| Fläche | 2,9 ha | |
| Höchste Erhebung | 36 m | |
| Einwohner | unbewohnt | |
 (c) david glass, CC BY-SA 2.0 | ||
Sule Stack, auch Stack Skerry (engl. stack = Felsnadel, skerry = Schäre), ist eine steile, felsige und unbewohnte nordatlantische Insel im Westen der schottischen Orkneyinseln. Die Insel hat eine Fläche von 2,9 Hektar und erreicht eine Höhe von 36 Metern.
Etwa zehn Kilometer nordöstlich von Sule Stack liegt die größere Insel Sule Skerry, eine flache und grasbewachsene Insel mit einem Leuchtturm. Beide Inseln liegen auf der Skerry Bank, einer ansonsten untermeerischen Erhebung und zählen zum UNESCO-Biosphärenreservat, das als „Sule Skerry and Sule Stack“ bekannt ist.
Literatur
- National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency: Sailing Directions (Enroute), Pub. 141, Scotland
Weblinks
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Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right, CC BY-SA 3.0
Relief map of the Orkney Islands (excluding Sule Stack and Sule Skerry), UK.
Equirectangular map projection on WGS 84 datum, with N/S stretched 180%
Geographic limits:
- West: 3.50W
- East: 2.35W
- North: 59.42N
- South: 58.60N
2007 Flag of Orkney
My own vector of the official flag of the Isles of Orkney, Scotland, created using Inkscape. This version is based upon the official version designed by Duncan Tullock of Birsay and voted for by the people of Orkney and approved by the Court of the Lord Lyon in 2007 from a short list of 5 designs. It is a Nordic Cross, in keeping with the flag's unofficial predecesor the Cross of St Magnus, and for which, according to Mr Tullock, "Orkney has always been represented by red, so that was an obvious choice. The yellow symbolizes the royal standards of both Scotland and Norway and blue is for Scotland, and also for the sea that surrounds us".
(c) david glass, CC BY-SA 2.0
Sule Stack, landing place, off northern coast of Scotland
photograph of Stack Skerry, north of Scotland mainland, west of Orkney Islands