Sule Skerry
a remote skerry in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland
Sule Skerry is a remote skerry in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland.
Geography
Sule Skerry lies 60 kilometres (32 nautical miles) west of the Orkney Mainland at grid reference HX621244. Sule Skerry's sole neighbour, Sule Stack, lies 10 km (5+1⁄2 nmi) to the southwest; the remote islands of Rona and Sula Sgeir lie approximately 80 km (45 nmi) further west. Sule Skerry and Sule Stack are both a part of the Orkney Islands council area.
Sule Skerry is 16 hectares (40 acres) in area and about 800 m (1⁄2 mi) long. It reaches a height of 12 metres (40 feet). It is formed of Lewisian gneiss.
Flora and fauna
The island is treeless, since few trees would withstand the high winds of winter and salt spray environment. The dominant plant is maritime mayweed (Tripleurospermum maritimum).
Sule Skerry together with Sule Stack are listed as a Special Protection Area as they are home during the breeding season to thousands of puffins, gannets, smaller numbers of the rarer Leach's storm petrel, and storm petrels.
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