Pentland Skerries

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The Pentland Skerries (Old Norse: Pettlandssker)Pedersen, Roy (January 1992) Orkneyjar ok Katanes (map, Inverness, Nevis Print) are a group of four uninhabited islands lying in the Pentland Firth, northeast of Duncansby Head and south of South Ronaldsay in Scotland.

By far the largest of the islands is Muckle Skerry, home to two lighthouses, built in 1794. The other islands lie to the south of Muckle Skerry. From west to east, they are Little Skerry, Louther Skerry and Clettack Skerry.

The skerries form part of the Pentland Firth Islands Important Bird Area (IBA), so designated by BirdLife International because it supports significant breeding populations of seabirds.{{cite web |url= https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/2574 |title=Pentland Firth Islands|author= |date=2024|website= BirdLife Data Zone|publisher= BirdLife International|access-date= 2024-08-30}}

Accidents

MV Priscilla ran aground on Pentland Skerries on 18 July 2018.{{cite web |title=Grounding of general cargo vessel Priscilla |url=https://www.gov.uk/maib-reports/grounding-of-general-cargo-vessel-priscilla |website=gov.uk |access-date=2019-11-26}}

See also

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References

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Category:Archipelagoes of Scotland

Category:Uninhabited islands of Orkney

Category:Important Bird Areas of Orkney

Category:Skerries of Scotland

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