Garbh Sgeir (

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: 'rough

skerry A skerry is a small rocky island, or islet, usually too small for human habitation. It may simply be a rocky reef. A skerry can also be called a low sea stack. A skerry may have vegetative life such as moss and small, hardy grasses. They a ...

') is a rock about 100 metres west of the islet Òigh-sgeir, in the

Small Isles The Small Isles ('' gd, Na h-Eileanan Tarsainn'') are a small archipelago of islands in the Inner Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland. They lie south of Skye and north of Mull and Ardnamurchan – the most westerly point of mainla ...

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. There is an anchorage between the two. It is not to be confused with the nearby islet of the same name that lies 400 m east of the southern tip of the island of

Eigg Eigg (; gd, Eige; sco, Eigg) is one of the Small Isles in the Scottish Inner Hebrides. It lies to the south of the Isle of Skye and to the north of the Ardnamurchan peninsula. Eigg is long from north to south, and east to west. With an a ...

, north of

Eilean Chathastail Eilean Chathastail ( Eng: ''Castle Island'') is one of the Small Isles in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. Geography EiggLandsat.jpg, Satellite view of Eigg (Landsat image viewed using NASA World Wind software). Eilean Chathastail is the island i ...

. The rock is home to a large colony of

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s, and is protected by

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References

* Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004) ''The Scottish Islands''. Edinburgh. Canongate. * Murray, W.H. (1966) ''The Hebrides''. London. Heinemann. Small Isles, Lochaber Skerries of Scotland Islands of Highland (council area) {{Highland-geo-stub