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Rockall

Rockall (/ˈrɒkɔːl/) is a 17.15-metre-high (56 ft 3 in), uninhabitable granite islet in the North Atlantic Ocean. It is 301 kilometres (187 statute miles; 163 nautical miles) west of Soay, St Kilda, Scotland; 423 kilometres (263 statute miles; 228 nautical miles) north-west of Tory Island, Ireland; and 700 kilometres (430 statute miles; 380 nautical…

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Location
North-east Atlantic
Area
784.3 m2 (8,442 sq ft)
Council area
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
Country
Scotland
Highest elevation
17.15 m (56.27 ft)
OS grid reference
MC035165

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Rockall

Nodes246
Edges245
Triples337
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.00813
Components1

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related to In popular culture · 67
Rockall → April, BBC, BBC Choice, Bluebottle, British, Calum, Danger Man, David Frost, English, English Channel, Entertainment, Ether, Europe, European, Flanders, Four's, From, Gang, German U-boats, Good Evening Rockall
related to External links · 38
Rockall → Amateur, Archived, Atlantic, August, BBC's, Belgian Expedition Team, Britain, British, Cam Cameron, Czech, DXPedition, English, Foreign Affairs, Hebrides News, Hebrides Scotland, Includes, ITN, Journal, June, Ministry
related to 21st century · 25
Rockall → British, Commission, Commonwealth Office, Continental Shelf, Denmark, Eamon Gilmore, Extended Fishery Zone, Faeroe Islands, Foreign Affairs, Hatton Rockall Plateau, In, In March, Ireland, Irish Governments, Irish Tánaiste, Limits, Minister, Rockall Bank, The, Trade
related to Shipping disasters · 25
Rockall → Atlantic Ocean, Brigantine Helen, Charlotte, Christmas1904, Danish, Dundee, French, Hasselwood Rock, Helen's Reef, Hull, Kilda, Martin Martin, Quebec, Several, Some, Spanish, Spanish-French, SS Norge, St, St Kilda
related to Further reading · 24
Rockall → Bank, British Birds, Description, Dublin, Dáil, Foreign Affairs, Houses, Ireland, Martin, Minister, Notes, November, Oireachtais, Oireachtas, Parliament, RIA, Rockall Island, Royal Irish Academy, Scotland, Sporswood Green
related to Circumnavigations · 20
Rockall → Atlantic, City, Clipper Round, COVID, Danang, Derry, Galway, Galway Bay Sailing Club, In July, Ireland, It, Leg, New York, River Foyle, Round Rockall, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, The, Volvo Ocean Race, World Race, World Yacht Race
related to 20th century · 19
Rockall → Cold War, Harris, HMS Vidal, Isle, Lieutenant Commander Desmond Scott, May, Rockall Act, Royal Navy, September, South Uist, The, The British Island, The UK, Two Royal Marines, UK, UK Government, Union, United Kingdom, Until
related to Location · 16
Rockall → An, British, Hirta, Hogha Gearraidh, In, James Fisher, Kilda's, NF, Nick Hancock, North Uist's Aird, Ordnance Survey, Rockall's, Rùnair, Scotland's St Kilda, Soay, St
related to Etymology · 15
Rockall → Another, Gaelic Sgeir Rocail, It, Norse, Nuair, Old Norse, Rocabarra, Rocabarraigh, Ròcal, Saoghal, Scandinavian-speaking, Scots Gaelic, The, The Scottish Gaelic, When Rocabarra
related to Helen's Reef and other surrounding features · 11
Rockall → Hasselwood Rock, Hatton Rockall Basin, Helen's Reef, It, Outer Hebrides, Rockall Bank, Rockall Basin, Rockall Plateau, Rockall Trough, That, While

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RockallArea784.3 m2 (8,442 sq ft)1.00infobox
RockallCoordinates.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…1.00infobox
RockallCouncil areaComhairle nan Eilean Siar1.00infobox
RockallCountryScotland1.00infobox
RockallHighest elevation17.15 m (56.27 ft)1.00infobox
RockallLocationNorth-east Atlantic1.00infobox
RockallOS grid referenceMC0351651.00infobox
RockallPopulation01.00infobox
Rockallis amatter of international law0.90text
Rockallis arock that forms the setting for William Golding's 1956 novel Pincher Martin.The Master0.90text
hoisting the flaginstance ofcomplete with the trappings0.80text
caused a certain amount of popular amusementinstance ofcomplete with the trappings0.80text

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