Rockall

(Sgeir Rocail, Waveland)

Classification and Statistics Type: Island Population: 0 Tourist Rating: No Text of Entry Updated: 30-MAY-2020

Location Latitude: 57.6693°N Longitude: 13.4993°W National Grid Reference: ND 161 227 A range of modern and historical maps are accessible through the map tab on the right of this page Get directions by entering the UK postcode of your location, home or hotel here eg. EH1 3YT

Extended Information

Then serving as a Lieutenant on HMS Endymion, the traveller and author Basil Hall (1788 - 1844) was amongst the naval party which landed on Rockall on 8th September 1811, and a feature named Hall's Ledge lies below the W-E trending Apex Ridge. The 1955 landing party comprised Lt. Commander Desmond Scott of the Royal Navy, Sergeant Brian Peel and Corporal Alexander Fraser of the Royal Marines and James Fisher, a civilian naturalist. A geological map of the Rockall was published by the Institute of Geological Sciences in 1975.

References and Further Reading

Fisher, James (1956) Rockall. Geoffrey Bles, London
Holland, G.S. and R.A. Gardiner (1975) The First Map of Rockall. The Geographical Journal, 141(1) pp 94-98
Royle, Stephen A. (2014) This Mere Speck in the Surface of the Waters: Rockall aka Waveland. Shima: The International Journal of Research into Island Cultures, 8(1) pp 72-83

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Attractions:	St Kilda
Council Area:	Western Isles
Features:	Darwin Mounds	Hasslewood Rock
Historical Counties:	Inverness-shire
Parishes:	Harris
People:	Basil Hall	Martin Martin

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