The Pentland Skerries ( Old Norse : Pettlandssker ) are a group of four uninhabited islands lying in the Pentland Firth , northeast of Duncansby Head and south of South Ronaldsay in Scotland .
4-722: 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 . MV Priscilla ran aground on Pentland Skerries on 18 July 2018. 58°40′54″N 2°54′50″W / 58.68167°N 2.91389°W / 58.68167; -2.91389 This Orkney location article
8-645: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Muckle Skerry Muckle Skerry is the largest of the Pentland Skerries that lie off the north coast of Scotland . It is home to the Pentland Skerries Lighthouse . Muckle Skerry lies in the Pentland Firth at grid reference ND464782 . It is the westernmost of the skerries. At one kilometre (five furlongs) long and rising to an elevation of 20 metres (65 feet) above sea level, it
12-428: Is sizable enough to be considered an island . However, the notoriously bad weather of the firth has historically rendered Muckle Skerry uninhabitable and as such it is more often thought of as a skerry . The skerry is part of the Pentland Firth Islands Important Bird Area (IBA), so designated by BirdLife International because it supports significant breeding populations of seabirds . Pentland Skerries Lighthouse
16-569: Was constructed in 1794 by the Commissioners of the Northern Lights . The engineers were Thomas Smith and his stepson Robert Stevenson (this was the first light that Stevenson officially worked on). 58°41′18″N 2°55′35″W / 58.68824°N 2.92631°W / 58.68824; -2.92631 This Orkney location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This British lighthouse -related article
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