Emsger or South Bishop is an

islet An islet is a very small, often unnamed island. Most definitions are not precise, but some suggest that an islet has little or no vegetation and cannot support human habitation. It may be made of rock, sand and/or hard coral; may be permanen ...

situated west of

Ramsey Island Ramsey Island (Welsh: ''Ynys Dewi'') is an island about off St David's Head in Pembrokeshire on the northern side of St Brides Bay, in southwest Wales, in the community of St Davids and the Cathedral Close. It is in area. Ramsey means (in Old ...

, Pembrokeshire,

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in ...

. It is the largest of the

Bishops and Clerks The Bishops and Clerks are a group of rocks and islets, approximately west of Ramsey Island, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Origins of the name There was a local tradition that the name arose from the sixteenth century wreck of a fleet of merchant ship ...

group of islets and rocks.

Etymology

Its name can also be shown as Em-sger, Emskir or Emskyr. The second element is from

Old Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and their overseas settlemen ...

''sker'' – a skerry, an isolated rock in the sea.

Lighthouse

The

South Bishop Lighthouse The South Bishop Lighthouse is a lighthouse on South Bishop Island (also known as Emsger), a small rock approximately west of St Davids Head in Pembrokeshire, Wales. History In 1831 the traders of the port of Cardigan made an application t ...

, designed by James Walker, was built on the island and started operating in 1839. It reaches a height of 37 metres (121 feet), North Bishop reaching 44 metres (144 feet).

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* * {{Pembrokeshire Islands of Pembrokeshire