The Ramna Stacks are a group of
skerries
A skerry is a small rocky island, usually defined to be too small for habitation.
Skerry, skerries, or The Skerries may also refer to:
Geography
Northern Ireland
*Skerries, County Armagh, a List of townlands in County Armagh#S, townland in Coun ...
in the
Shetland
Shetland (until 1975 spelled Zetland), also called the Shetland Islands, is an archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands, and Norway, marking the northernmost region of the United Kingdom. The islands lie about to the ...
islands. They are north of the northern tip of
Mainland
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, and along with nearby
Gruney they are a
special protection area
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on account of their birdlife.
From north to south they consist of:
*Gaut Skerries
*Outer Stack
*Scordar
*Turla
*Speolk
*Hyter (formerly Driter)
*Stab
*Ofoora
*Fladda (which has a natural arch and two caves)
*Flae-ass
*Barlcudda
Gruney and the islet of The Club lie just to the south of the Ramna Stacks.
The Ramna Stacks also lent their name to Welsh nu-jazz band, ramnastax.
See also
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List of islands of Scotland
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List of Special Protection Areas in Scotland
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List of Shetland islands
This is a list of Shetland islands in Scotland. The Shetland archipelago is located north of mainland Scotland and the capital Lerwick is almost equidistant from Bergen in Norway and Aberdeen in Scotland. The Shetland archipelago comprises abou ...
References
External links
Site with map
Uninhabited islands of Shetland
Stacks of Scotland
Skerries of Scotland
Underwater diving sites in Scotland
Natural arches of Scotland
Northmavine
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