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Sula Sgeir

Sula Sgeir is a small, uninhabited islet in the North Atlantic, 18 kilometres west of . One of the most remote islands of the , it lies approximately forty nautical miles north of and is best known for its population of gannets.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Sùla Sgeir” and “Sulisker”

Sula Sgeir

Latitude
59.09576° or 59° 5′ 45″ north
Longitude
-6.15598° or 6° 9′ 22″ west
Elevation
200 feet (61 metres)
Open location code
9CFM3RWV+8J
Open­Street­Map ID
way 20594001
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
2636552
Wiki­data ID
Q151631
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Satellite Map

Discover Sula Sgeir from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Breton to Western Panjabi—“Sula Sgeir” goes by many names.
  • Breton: “Sula Sgeir”
  • Cebuano: “Sula Sgeir”
  • Chinese: “苏拉斯盖尔岛”
  • Chinese: “蘇拉巖”
  • Dutch: “Sula Sgeir”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سولا سجير”
  • Esperanto: “Sula Sgeir”
  • Faroese: “Sula Sgeir”
  • Faroese: “Súluskerið”
  • French: “Sula Sgeir”
  • German: “Sula Sgeir”
  • Hungarian: “Sula Sgeir”
  • Irish: “Sula Sgeir”
  • Irish: “Sùlaisgeir”
  • Japanese: “スーラ・スゲア島”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Sula Sgeir”
  • Russian: “Сула Сгейр”
  • Russian: “Сулискер”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Sula Sgeir”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Sùlaisgeir”
  • Swedish: “Sula Sgeir”
  • Western Frisian: “Sula Sgeir”
  • Western Panjabi: “سولا سگیر”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Sula Sgeir”. Photo: Peter Strugnell, CC BY-SA 2.0.