Where is Rockall in the Irish Sea?
Rockall is one of the few pinnacles of the surrounding Helen’s Reef; it is located 301.3 kilometres (162.7 nautical miles) west of the island of Soay, St Kilda, Scotland, and 423.2 kilometres (263.0 statute miles; 228.5 nautical miles) northwest of Tory Island, County Donegal, Ireland.
What size is Rockall?
784.3 m²
Rockall/Area
How was Rockall formed?
The plateau formed approximately 55 million years ago, a continental fragment formed between Greenland and Europe when the ancient continent of Laurasia was split apart by plate tectonics. The Rockall Islet is the highest point of the plateau, rising 21 m above sealevel. It is made of a type of peralkaline granite.
When was Rockall discovered?
1810 It is officially “discovered” by HMS Endymion, with Lt Basil Hall RN on board. 1811 Hall and others from HMS Endymion make the first recorded landing on Rockall. 1831 Rockall’s precise position at 57°36′20″N, 13°41′32″W is charted by Captain ATE Vidal RN.
How high is Rockall?
Rockall, a tiny island just 19 metres high, sits on the very extremity of Scotland’s marine environment. Some 180 miles due west of St Kilda, it is buffeted year round by the extreme winds and swell that the North Atlantic weather generates. As such, it is Scotland’s only truly offshore shallow ecosystem.
How deep is the sea around Rockall?
around 500 to 1000 meters
And so it is. Peel away the ocean, and you will find that Rockall is the tip of a vast submerged plateau, 450 kilometer in length and around 500 to 1000 meters deep which in the Atlantic Ocean counts as shallow.
How deep is the Rockall Trough?
The Rockall Trough in the North Atlantic Ocean is a sinuous elongate bathymetric depression ~200 km wide and more than 2,000 m deep lying between Rockall Plateau and the British Isles, and the structure, nature and age of its underlying crust are disputed.
How deep is the water at Rockall?
The Irish part of the Rockall Trough is 2,500 m deep in the north dropping to 3,500 m water depth in the south.
Can you visit Rockall?
Visiting Rockall is difficult, completely weather dependant, and not cheap. Landings are rare, require specialist equipement and experience, good weather and a lot of luck. Kraken Travel are planning a voyage to Rockall with the potential opportunity to land, weather dependent in May 2020.
Which two nations have a longstanding dispute over the granite islet of Rockall?
The island and its surrounding waters have been at the centre of a controversy over fishing laws. This week Scotland and Ireland have been at loggerheads over a tiny uninhabitable granite island in the North East Atlantic. Rockall, and its surrounding waters, has been at the centre of a controversy over fishing laws.
Can a skerry be used as a sail?
In much of a breeze, it will be best to get it all down and tucked away in the boat. In many traditional Scandinavian boat plans, the sails generally look small, and the Skerry’s spritsail follows suit. Like her forebears, she has a sail that is suitable for general conditions and is simple to use and inexpensive to install.
What was the name of the submarine that was sunk in Skerry Sound?
He travelled through Kirk Sound and Skerry Sound in a picket boat in June 1939 and determined that a submarine or destroyer could make it through at slack water (Hewison, 1985, p.211). Costs slowed the sinking of more blockships until the outbreak of war when SS Cape Ortegal was sunk in Skerry Sound.
Who is the designer of the skerry boat?
The boat I’m thinking of is the Skerry design by John Harris at Chesapeake Light Craft. Like other companies offering prefabricated kits for lightly planked plywood boats, CLC got its start in another great boat inspired by antiquity—the kayak.
What kind of rig does a skerry have?
The Skerry’s rig is meant to be simple, and it is. There are only three lines to handle: a downhaul, a snotter, and a sheet. On the boat I sailed, the boom was fixed to the mast by a simple gooseneck.
