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Hasselwood Rock is a
The First Map of Rockall
. The Geographical Journal, v.141, n.1 (March 1975). pp. 94-98. The rock is approximately above low water, and in diameter, with an area of approximately . It is covered at high tide and in heavy seas, often only visible as breaking waves. The only other rocks in the area, those of
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 ...
adjacent to Rockall
Rockall () is an uninhabitable granite islet situated in the North Atlantic Ocean. The United Kingdom claims that Rockall lies within its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and is part of its territory, but this claim is not recognised by Ireland. ...
in the North Atlantic
The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe an ...
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Position and characteristics
The upper part of Hasselwood Rock is the destroyed cone of an extinct volcano, some north of the larger outcrop ofRockall
Rockall () is an uninhabitable granite islet situated in the North Atlantic Ocean. The United Kingdom claims that Rockall lies within its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and is part of its territory, but this claim is not recognised by Ireland. ...
.G. S. Holland and R. A.GardinerThe First Map of Rockall
. The Geographical Journal, v.141, n.1 (March 1975). pp. 94-98. The rock is approximately above low water, and in diameter, with an area of approximately . It is covered at high tide and in heavy seas, often only visible as breaking waves. The only other rocks in the area, those of
Helen's Reef
Helen's Reef is a series of skerries in the North Atlantic, northeast of the larger islet of Rockall and outcrop of Hasselwood Rock, within the United Kingdom's exclusive economic zone. The skerries are covered at high tide or in rough sea ...
, are almost to the north-east.
Expeditions and landings have not been reported. The geological composition is unknown.
SS ''Norge'' disaster
In 1904, the SS ''Norge'' ran aground on the Rock in foggy weather with the loss of over 635 lives. The sinking remains the worst maritime disaster involving a Danish merchant ship, and was at the time the worst civilian disaster in the Atlantic Ocean until the sinking of the ''Titanic
RMS ''Titanic'' was a British passenger liner, operated by the White Star Line, which sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 after striking an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City, United ...
'' eight years later.
References
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