The Skerries
The Skerries, coming from the Old Norse word sker, are a group of sparsely vegetated rocky islets, with a total area of about 17 hectares lying 3 kilometres offshore from Carmel Head at the northwest corner of Anglesey, Wales.Photo: Nick R, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: group of small islands off Anglesey, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “The Skerries, Isle of Anglesey” and “Ynysoedd y Moelrhoniaid”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Skerries Lighthouse and West Mouse.
Skerries Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Stephen Elwyn RODDICK, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Skerries Lighthouse was first lit on the highest point of the largest island in The Skerries, Isle of Anglesey after 1716. A patent for the lighthouse was subsequently obtained in 1824.
West Mouse
Island
Photo: Ian Warburton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
West Mouse is an islet lying 1.1 kilometres off the north-west coast of Anglesey, Wales. Its maximum dimensions are 92 by 82 metres, with an area of 1.2 acres.
Carmel Head
Photo: Ian Warburton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carmel Head is a prominent coastal headland on the northwest tip of the island of Anglesey. It is a designated SSSI because of its geological interest for the Carmel Head Thrust fault where Precambrian rocks have been pushed over younger Ordovician rocks creating the Carmel Head thrust.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Church Bay and Rhydwyn.
Church Bay
Photo: Zcarstvnz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Church Bay is a small hamlet on the west coast of the Isle of Anglesey near the village of Rhyd-wyn.
Rhydwyn
Hamlet
Photo: Dave Smethurst, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rhydwyn is a village in the community of Cylch-y-Garn, in the north west of Anglesey, Wales. Rhydwyn is named after a little stream that once crossed the centre of the village. "Rhyd" meaning Ford and "Wyn" white. It now runs through a culvert under the road. Rhydwyn is situated 4½ miles southeast of The Skerries.
Llanrhuddlad
Hamlet
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanrhuddlad, also spelled Llanrhyddlad, is a hamlet in Anglesey, in north-west Wales. It is located in the community of Cylch-y-Garn, 5 miles from Holyhead, 142 miles from Cardiff and 225 miles from London. Until 1984, Llanrhuddlad was a community itself. Llanrhuddlad is situated 5 miles southeast of The Skerries.
The Skerries
- Categories: rock formation, island group, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Cylch-y-Garn, Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.42195° or 53° 25′ 19″ northLongitude
-4.60803° or 4° 36′ 29″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
9C5QC9CR+QQOpenStreetMap ID
way 2987001OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
2637731Wikidata ID
Q3401534
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“The Skerries” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “The Skerries (mga bato)”
- Cebuano: “The Skerries”
- Chinese: “斯凱里斯潮汐發電廠”
- French: “Les Skerries”
- French: “Skerries”
- Livvi: “Ynysoedd y Moelrhoniaid”
- Northern Sami: “Ynysoedd y Moelrhoniaid”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “The Skerries i Anglesey”
- Swedish: “The Skerries (klippor)”
- Swedish: “The Skerries, Wales”
- Welsh: “Ynysoedd y Moelrhoniaid”
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