About Sule Stack

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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.

Sule Stack lies 49 kilometres north of the Scottish mainland, and 66 kilometres west of the Orkney mainland, at grid reference HX561179. Sule Stack's sole neighbour, Sule Skerry, lies 10 km to the north east 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.

Sule Stack comes within the administrative region of Orkney Islands.

Bird species nesting on the stack include:

Source From: Wikipedia
Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom

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