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Rocky island smaller than an islet
A skerry (/ˈskɛri/ SKERR-ee) is a small rocky island, or islet, usually too small for human habitation. It may simply be a rocky reef. A skerry can also
Skerry
Topics referred to by the same term
up skerry in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A skerry is a small rocky island, usually defined to be too small for habitation. Skerry, skerries, or
Skerry_(disambiguation)
American film producer and photojournalist
Brian Skerry is an American photojournalist and film producer specializing in marine life and ocean environments. Since 1998 he has been a contributing
Brian_Skerry
Remote skerry in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland
Sule Skerry is a remote skerry in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland. Sule Skerry lies 60 kilometres (32 nautical miles) west of the Orkney
Sule_Skerry
Island group in the Orkney Islands, Scotland
The Pentland Skerries (Old Norse: Pettlandssker) are a group of four uninhabited islands lying in the Pentland Firth, northeast of Duncansby Head and south
Pentland_Skerries
(Galea Skerries) Galera Skerries - 39°59′53″N 16°36′41″E / 39.998024°N 16.611303°E / 39.998024; 16.611303 (Galera Skerries) Godano Skerry - 38°38′20″N
List_of_islands_of_Italy
British mathematician and educator
George Edward Skerry (1856 – 23 August 1930) was a British educator, mathematician and publisher of commercial arithmetic texts. Skerry was born in Charlton
George_Skerry
Hamlet in New York, United States
Salmon River on Franklin County Highway 12 (Skerry Road) and Franklin County Highway 13 (Bangor Skerry Road). Skerry is 9 miles (14 km) southwest of Malone
Skerry,_New_York
Island off the Scottish coast
Muckle Skerry is the largest of the Pentland Skerries, a group of uninhabited islets that lie off the north coast of Scotland in the Pentland Firth. It
Muckle_Skerry
Archipelago in Shetland
called Da Skerries or just Skerries.[citation needed] The Out Skerries lie about 6 kilometres (4 mi) northeast of Whalsay; and Bound Skerry forms the
Out_Skerries
Rock formation in Orkney Islands, Scotland
Nevi Skerry is a skerry situated in Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands. The skerry is situated approximately 1 km (0.62 mi) east of Flotta and approximately
Nevi_Skerry
Tainga Skerry. South Mainland:[d] Balla Skerry, Big Kiln, Big Skerry, Black Skerry, Broad Stack, Cloki Stack, Colsay, Dedda Skerry, Great Skerry, Hog of
List_of_Shetland_islands
Ship type
Skerry cruisers (or Square metre yachts) are yachts, usually wooden, which are constructed according to the Square metre rule. Originating from Sweden
Skerry_cruiser
The Skrap Skerries (54°15′S 36°19′W / 54.250°S 36.317°W / -54.250; -36.317) are two small groups of islands and rocks (skerries) lying midway between
Skrap_Skerries
Nevi Skerry, Outer Holm, Oyster Skerries, Puldrite Skerry, Quanterness Skerry, Scare Gun, Seal Skerry, Skaill Skerries, Skerries of Clestrain, Skerries of
List_of_Orkney_islands
Traditional song
"The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry" or "The Grey Selkie of Sule Skerry" is a traditional folk song from Orkney and Shetland. A woman has her child taken
The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry
The_Great_Silkie_of_Sule_Skerry
Island in Antarctica
Skerry is a small island in the central part of Lystad Bay, off Horseshoe Island, Antarctica. It was named from association with nearby Mite Skerry;
Mane_Skerry
Islet to the east of Whalsay in the Shetland Islands
Grif Skerry is an islet to the east of Whalsay in the Shetland Islands. Its name comes from the Norse or Norn for "deep sea skerry". The island is uninhabited
Grif_Skerry
American reality dance competition television series
November 22, 2006. p. E20. Retrieved October 26, 2025 – via Newspapers.com. Skerry, Kath (May 29, 2007). "2006–07 Primetime Ratings". Give Me My Remote. Archived
Dancing with the Stars (American TV series)
Dancing_with_the_Stars_(American_TV_series)
American basketball coach
Joseph Skerry (born January 21, 1970) is an American college basketball coach. He is the head coach of the Towson Tigers men's basketball team. Skerry played
Pat_Skerry
Multi-race motorcycle event in Ireland
The Skerries 100 is a multi-race event for motorcycles held annually on countryside roads local to the town of Skerries, County Dublin, Ireland, on the
Skerries_100
PNG professional rugby league coach
Skerry Palanga is a Papua New Guinean rugby league coach who coached Papua New Guinea during the 1980s and 1990s. Palanga first coached Papua New Guinea
Skerry_Palanga
translates to "skerry blaze". One possibility is that this name means "the man with a blaze from the Skerries", although the particular skerry which this
Ásbjǫrn_skerjablesi
American politician (1909-1989)
Michael Francis Skerry (January 3, 1909 – September 28, 1989) was a Massachusetts legislator; he served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives for
Michael_F._Skerry
Small coastal town in north County Dublin, Ireland
Skerries (Irish: Na Sceirí, meaning 'rocky islands') is a coastal town in the north of County Dublin, Ireland. It is within the Fingal local government
Skerries,_County_Dublin
Skerry in Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands
The Barrel of Butter, formerly known as Carlin Skerry, is a skerry in Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands. The rock is old red sandstone of the Devonian
Barrel_of_Butter
Potato variety
Skerry Champion is a variety of potato with a round-to-oval shape and creamy yellow skin with a beautiful blue/purple "birthmark" colouring. 'Skerry Champions'
Skerry_Champion
Sule Stack or Stack Skerry is an extremely remote island or stack in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland. It is formed of Lewisian gneiss
Sule_Stack
Series of colleges for preparation for Civil Service examinations
Skerry's College was a series of colleges which primarily prepared candidates for Civil Service examinations across the UK and Ireland. Skerry's College
Skerry's_College
Island in Norway
Benn Skerries (54°27′S 3°20′E / 54.450°S 3.333°E / -54.450; 3.333) are a small group of rocks which extend up to 0.25 nautical miles (0.5 km) westward
Benn_Skerries
Group of islands between Iceland and Greenland
Gunnbjörn's skerries (Gunnbjarnarsker) were a group of small rocky islands along or near the eastern coast of Greenland. They form the earliest mention
Gunnbjörn's_skerries
Village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland
founded in the townland of Skerry (from Irish An Sceire, meaning 'rocky hill') (now the townlands of Skerry West and Skerry East). Ballymena, Cargan and
Newtown_Crommelin
Island in Antarctica
Mite Skerry is a small island in the south part of the entrance to Lystad Bay, off Horseshoe Island, Antarctica. It was named by UK Antarctic Place-Names
Mite_Skerry
Group of rocky islets in Wales
The Skerries (Welsh: Ynysoedd y Moelrhoniaid) (grid reference SH268948), coming from the Old Norse word sker, are a group of sparsely vegetated rocky islets
The_Skerries,_Anglesey
Stayaway Skerries (64°45′S 64°18′W / 64.750°S 64.300°W / -64.750; -64.300) is a group of rocks and low-lying reefs awash, lying 1.5 nautical miles (2
Stayaway_Skerries
RNLI lifeboat station in County Dublin, Ireland
Skerries Lifeboat Station is situated at Harbour Road, on Red Island, a tied island at Skerries, County Dublin, a town approximately 31 kilometres (19 mi)
Skerries_Lifeboat_Station
Human settlement in Northern Ireland
The Skerries are a small group of rocky islands (skerries) just off Portrush, County Antrim, on the north coast of Northern Ireland. Winkle Isle is the
The Skerries, Northern Ireland
The_Skerries,_Northern_Ireland
1994 American film
directed by John Sayles. It is based on the 1957 novel Secret of the Ron Mor Skerry by Rosalie K. Fry. The film draws upon Irish and Orcadian folklore about
The_Secret_of_Roan_Inish
Ruined Augustinian priory in Wexford, Ireland
St Peter and St Paul. The name is derived from Old Norse sel-skar, "seal skerry." It is claimed that originally a Viking temple dedicated to Odin stood
Selskar_Abbey
Main island of the Orkney Islands, Scotland
Seal Skerry, Skaill Skerries, Skerries of Clestrain, Skerries of Coubister, Skerries of Lakequoy, Skerry of Work, Skerry of Yinstay, Smoogro Skerry, Thieves
Mainland,_Orkney
English folk group
Their name was derived from an Orcadian song "The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry", which they sometimes performed. They were briefly considered to be the
The_Silkie
Small islands in the west of Shetland
The Ve Skerries or Vee Skerries (Shaetlan pronunciation: [də 'viː skɛriz] də VEE skeh-reez; Old Norse: Vestan sker, West Skerries) are a group of low skerries
Ve_Skerries
The 30 m2 Skerry Cruiser was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1920 Summer Olympics program in Ostend. Four races were scheduled in each type. In total
Sailing at the 1920 Summer Olympics – 30 m2 Skerry cruiser
Sailing_at_the_1920_Summer_Olympics_–_30_m2_Skerry_cruiser
Lighthouse in Scotland
Covesea Skerries Lighthouse, originally belonging to the Northern Lighthouse Board (NLB), is built on top of a small headland on the south coast of the
Covesea_Skerries_Lighthouse
Island group in White Sea, Russia
The Sumsky Skerries (Russian: Сумские шхеры, Sumskiye Shkhery) are an extensive cluster of islands, islets and shoals in the White Sea. They are located
Sumsky_Skerries
there are also several islets and skerries. The Faroe Islands consist of 18 islands with many small islets and skerries. islets are small and are geographical
Islets and skerries in the Faroes
Islets_and_skerries_in_the_Faroes
Shetlands island that is the easternmost point of Scotland
Bound Skerry is part of the Out Skerries group in the Shetland Islands. As well as being the most easterly island of that group, it is also the easternmost
Bound_Skerry
Autonomous region of Finland
comprises Fasta Åland, on which 90% of the population resides, and about 6,500 skerries and islands to its east, of which about 60–80 are inhabited. Fasta Åland
Åland
Association football club in County Dublin
Skerries Town FC is an Irish association football club based in Skerries, County Dublin. The club fields senior and underage teams in regional competitions
Skerries_Town_F.C.
sailing had developed since 1912. The Nordic countries had developed the Skerry Cruiser classes and the International rule classes had adopted in 1919 a
Sailing at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Sailing_at_the_1920_Summer_Olympics
Topics referred to by the same term
may refer to: Sule (river), a river of Lower Saxony, Germany Sule Skerry, a skerry in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland Sule Stack, a
Sule
Long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by glacial activity
navigation. These are called skerries. The term skerry is derived from the Old Norse sker, which means a rock in the sea. Skerries most commonly formed at
Fjord
Island group in Palmer Archipelago, Antarctica
The Beaumont Skerries are two small islands and several rocks 2 kilometres (1 nmi) east of the Joubin Islands, off the southwest coast of Anvers Island
Beaumont_Skerries
1741 sacred oratorio by Handel
Liffey Swim (est. 1920) Dublin–Limerick hurling rivalry (1923–to date) Skerries 100 (est. 1946) Liffey Descent canoe race (est. 1960) Dublin Marathon (est
Messiah_(Handel)
1960 film sequence
film". But in his description of the shower scene, film scholar Philip J. Skerry counted only 60 separate shots, with a table breaking down the middle 34
Psycho_shower_scene
American actor and filmmaker (born 1979)
Archived from the original on July 27, 2022. Retrieved July 20, 2022. Skerry, Kath (March 29, 2006). "UPDATE: John Krasinski IS the Voice of Ask.com"
John_Krasinski
Swedish shoal
will break through the water’s surface in a few hundred years and form a skerry. If the territorial waters boundary then extends 12 nautical miles from
Kopparstenarna
Chain of islands and rocks in Antarctica
Rigel Skerries (66°55′S 57°18′E / 66.917°S 57.300°E / -66.917; 57.300) is a chain of islands and rocks in the northwest part of the Oygarden Group,
Rigel_Skerries
Islands in Victoria, Australia
The Skerries comprise three small, rocky islands 100 metres (330 ft) offshore from the mouth of the Wingan River, in East Gippsland, Victoria, Australia
The_Skerries_(Victoria)
Uninhabited skerry between Sweden and Finland
Swedish pronunciation: [ˈmæ̂rːkɛt]) is a 3.3-hectare (8.2-acre) uninhabited skerry in the Baltic Sea shared by Sweden and Finland (in the area of the autonomous
Märket
Sound Low North Ronaldsay Noup Head Pentland Skerries High Pentland Skerries Low Start Point Sule Skerry Tor Ness Barrel of Butter Calf of Eday Cava Helliar
List of Northern Lighthouse Board lighthouses
List_of_Northern_Lighthouse_Board_lighthouses
Very small island
sandbar. Sea stack, a thin, vertical landform jutting out of a body of water. Skerry, a small rocky island, usually defined to be too small for habitation, especially
Islet
Island in Shetland, Scotland
Bruray is one of the three Out Skerries islands of Shetland, and contains Scotland's most easterly settlement. It is separated from Housay by North Mouth
Bruray
Lighthouse
Utklippan is a Swedish island group including Södraskär (South Skerry), Norraskär (North Skerry), and Degerhuvudet. It has been home to a lighthouse since
Utklippan
Mythological creature
seven tears into the sea. In one Scots ballad, The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry, the male selkie returns after years of her raising their child, he then
Selkie
Railway station in County Dublin, Ireland
Skerries railway station (Irish: Stáisiún na Sceirí) serves Skerries in County Dublin, Ireland. The station opened on 25 May 1844 with the opening of the
Skerries_railway_station
English broadcaster and natural historian (born 1926)
Zale Parry Pierre Petit Leni Riefenstahl Fred Roberts Peter Scoones Brian Skerry Wesley C. Skiles E. Lee Spence Philippe Tailliez Ron Taylor Valerie Taylor
David_Attenborough
Skerry in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Cornwall, England
The Bishop Rock (Cornish: Men an Epskop) is a skerry off the British coast in the northern Atlantic Ocean known for its lighthouse. It is in the westernmost
Bishop_Rock
Swedish thief and memoirist
"Lasse-Maja" over the door. A Skerry by Hamnskär outside Enhörnalandet in Mälaren has been called Lasse-Majas skär ('Lasse Maja Skerry') after an incident when
Lasse-Maja
Island in Orkney, Scotland
There is an unnamed skerry about 100 metres (330 feet) to the north-east of the island, separated by Fint Sound. Sheep Skerry adjoins the southern end
Eynhallow
Skerry in the North Atlantic ocean
Hasselwood Rock is a 1-metre-high (3 ft 3 in) uninhabitable skerry 200 metres North of Rockall in the North-east Atlantic Ocean. Hasselwood Rock is some
Hasselwood_Rock
lies offshore to the north, and tiny Sgeir Dearg (red skerry) and the larger Màs Sgeir (seagull skerry) beyond. Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish
Campaigh
Lighthouse in Anglesey, Wales
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
Skerries_Lighthouse
This is a list of Olympic medalists in sailing. List of Olympic medalists in sailing by class Although many recent sources list the event as having taken
List of Olympic medalists in sailing by class
List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_sailing_by_class
Irish extreme metal band
Primordial are an Irish extreme metal band from Skerries, County Dublin. The band was formed in 1993 by bassist Pól MacAmhlaigh and guitarist Ciarán MacUiliam
Primordial_(band)
description. 12 Metre 12m² Sharpie 125 145 15 Metre 2.4 Metre 29er 30m² Skerry cruiser 40m² Skerry cruiser 420 470 49er 49er FX 5.5 Metre 5O5 6 Metre 7 Metre 8 Metre
List_of_sail_emblems
Out Stack Skaw Caolas Rockall Bound Skerry Bruray Mull of Galloway Cairngaan This is a list of the extreme points and extreme elevations in Scotland. The
Extreme_points_of_Scotland
Westernmost point of Sweden
/ 58.933°N 10.967°E / 58.933; 10.967 Stora Drammen is an uninhabited skerry situated northwest of the Bohuslän province of Götaland, Sweden. It is administratively
Stora_Drammen
Topics referred to by the same term
landscape feature. It can be found in : Garbh Sgeir, skerry in the Small Isles in Scotland; Garbh Eileach, skerry in the Garvellachs in Scotland. This disambiguation
Garbh
National Grid. They had contracts to install a full tidal farm in the Skerries, off northwest Wales, and projects in the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia and
Marine_Current_Turbines
Australian rugby league coach
Yates 1979 Val Murphy 1979-83 Uve Sabumei 1982-85 Skerry Palanga 1986-87 Barry Wilson 1988-91 Skerry Palanga 1992 John Wagambie 1993-95 Joe Tokam 1996
Justin_Holbrook
challenge competition between Finland and Sweden and it was raced with 40m² Skerry cruisers. The first event was won by Swedes. In 1922, the event was handed
Scandinavian_Gold_Cup
Irish rock band
born in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, but grew up in the coastal town of Skerries, north of Dublin City. Before starting Fontaines D.C., Chatten played in
Fontaines_D.C.
British motorcycle racer (1985-2018)
late Joey Dunlop. He died as a result of a crash during practice for the Skerries 100 road races in County Dublin, Republic of Ireland. Dunlop started racing
William_Dunlop_(motorcyclist)
Nature reserve located near Fajardo, Puerto Rico
Cordillera (''the mountain range''), a small chain of cays, reefs, and skerries in the northeast of the archipelago and island of Puerto Rico. Located
La Cordillera Reef Nature Reserve
La_Cordillera_Reef_Nature_Reserve
Chain of islands between the Ligurian Sea and Tyrrhenian Sea
(Pianosa) Palmaiola (Piombino Channel) Scoglietto di Portoferraio (Elba) and skerries as: Faraglione del Giglio Formiche di Capraia (Capraia) Formiche della
Tuscan_Archipelago
1316 battle in Skerries, County Kildare
The Battle of Skerries, also named the Battle of Ardscull, took place during the Bruce campaign in Ireland – part of the First War of Scottish Independence
Battle_of_Skerries
The 40 m2 Skerry Cruiser was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1920 Summer Olympics program in Ostend. Four races were scheduled in each type. In total
Sailing at the 1920 Summer Olympics – 40 m2 Skerry cruiser
Sailing_at_the_1920_Summer_Olympics_–_40_m2_Skerry_cruiser
Remote reef off the coast of Scotland
Skerryvore (from the Gaelic An Sgeir Mhòr meaning "The Great Skerry") is a remote island that lies off the west coast of Scotland, 11 nautical miles (20
Skerryvore
Irish rugby union club, based in Skerries, Co. Dublin
Skerries RFC is an Irish rugby union team based in Skerries, Dublin in the province of Leinster. They play in Division 2B of the All-Ireland League. The
Skerries_RFC
Steam fishing trawler that operated out of Aberdeen
Scotland. It was launched in 1900 and operated until its wrecking on the Ve Skerries, Shetland, on 29 March 1930, which claimed the lives of the full crew,
SS_Ben_Doran
Ireland international rugby union player
aged 3. Growing up in Skerries, County Dublin, Frawley played for his local Skerries RFC side and at Schools level with Skerries Community College. At
Ciarán_Frawley
Remote skerry off the west coast of Scotland
ˈɑːrtɑːx/; Scottish Gaelic: Dubh Hirteach [t̪u ˈhirˠʃtʃəx]) is a remote skerry of basalt rock off the west coast of Scotland lying 18 miles (29 km) west
Dubh_Artach
Whale Skerries is a small group of islands and rocks in Lewthwaite Strait in the South Orkney Islands, lying close west of Cape Disappointment, Powell
Whale_Skerries
1960 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock
original on June 16, 2018. Retrieved March 24, 2018. McGilligan 2003, p. 594 Skerry 2008, pp. 231–56 Hitchcock, cited in Schickel & Capra 2001, pp. 293, 308
Psycho_(1960_film)
Lighthouse
Grunay is an uninhabited island in the Out Skerries group, the most easterly part of Shetland, Scotland. Its area is 55.58 acres, or 22.49 hectares. The
Grunay
Road in Ireland
Skerries, County Dublin Between its junction with R127 Rathmore Road at Lusk and its junction with R127 at Balbriggan Street in the town of Skerries via
R128_road_(Ireland)
American documentary series
concept creator and producer is National Geographic photographer, Brian Skerry. Sea Change investigates the warming of this particular body of water that
Sea_Change:_The_Gulf_of_Maine
Autonomous territory of Denmark
consisting of 18 major islands (and a total of 779 islands, islets, and skerries) about 655 kilometres (407 mi) off the coast of Northern Europe, between
Faroe_Islands
Café in Sweden
FlickornaLundgren.se Footnotes Figures from the 2017 financial statements * Note that while Skäret is a small village, it can also be translated as "the skerry".
Flickorna_Lundgren
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