Skomer
Skomer or Skomer Island is an island off the coast of Pembrokeshire, in the community of Marloes and St Brides in west Wales. It is well known for its wildlife: around half the world's population of Manx shearwaters nest on the island, the Atlantic puffin colony is the largest in southern Britain, and the Skomer vole is unique to the island.
- Island
- …lies at an elevation of 220 feet (67 metres)
- Description: island in the United Kingdom
- Also known as“Skomar Island”“Skomer Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Midland Isle.
Skomer
- Category: landform
- Location
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Latitude
51.7375° or 51° 44′ 15″ north
Longitude
-5.2967° or 5° 17′ 48″ west
Open location code
9C3PPPQ3+28
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Welsh—“Skomer” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “স্কোমার দ্বীপ”
- Breton: “Sgomer”
- Catalan: “Skomer”
- Cebuano: “Skomer Island”
- Chinese: “斯科默島”
- Danish: “Skomer”
- Dutch: “Skomer”
- Esperanto: “Skomer”
- Finnish: “Skomer”
- French: “Skomer”
- German: “Skomer”
- Indonesian: “Skomer”
- Italian: “Skomer”
- Japanese: “スコーマー島”
- Lithuanian: “Skomerio sala”
- Livvi: “Ynys Sgomer”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Skomer”
- Polish: “Skomer”
- Russian: “Скомер”
- Spanish: “Skomer”
- Swedish: “Skomer Island”
- Welsh: “Ynys Sgomer”
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