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 at the northwest corner of , .
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  • Island
  • …lies at an elevation of 7 feet (2 metres)
  • Description: group of small islands off Anglesey, Wales, UK
  • Also known as
    “The Skerries, Anglesey”
    “Ynysoedd y Moelrhoniaid”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Skerries Lighthouse and West Mouse.
Stephen Elwyn RODDICK, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The was first lit on the highest…
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is an islet lying 1.1 kilometres off the north-west coast of , .
Ian Warburton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a prominent coastal headland on the northwest tip of the island of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Church Bay and Rhydwyn.
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is a small hamlet on the west coast of the Isle of near the village of Rhyd-wyn.
Dave Smethurst, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in the community of , in the north west of , Wales. is situated 4½ miles southeast of The Skerries.
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, also spelled Llanrhyddlad, is a hamlet in , in north-west Wales. is situated 5 miles southeast of The Skerries.

The Skerries

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Latitude
53.42195° or 53° 25′ 19″ north
Longitude
-4.60803° or 4° 36′ 29″ west
Open location code
9C5QC9CR+QQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 2987001
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
2637731
Wiki­data 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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