Since the late sixteenth century Rockall, a 20 metre high rock in the Atlantic Ocean, has been noted in written records, although it is likely that some northern Atlantic fishing crews knew of the rock before these historical accounts were made.

The origin of the name Rockall is uncertain but it has been suggested that it derives from the Gaelic Sgeir Rocail, meaning skerry ( or sea rock ) of roaring, ( although rocail can also be translated as " tearing " or " ripping ").

Legend has it he built the Giant's Causeway as stepping-stones to Scotland, so as not to get his feet wet ; he also once scooped up part of Ireland to fling it at a rival, but it missed and landed in the Irish Sea — the clump becoming the Isle of Man, the pebble becoming Rockall, and the void becoming Lough Neagh.

Legend has it he built the Giant's Causeway as stepping-stones to Scotland, so as not to get his feet wet ; he also once scooped up part of Ireland to fling it at a rival, but it missed and landed in the Irish Sea — the clump became the Isle of Man and the pebble became Rockall, the void became Lough Neagh.

Dohrn's name has been immortalised in an undersea feature, the Anton Dohrn Seamount, a seamount in the Rockall Trough, to the north-west of the British Isles, which has become known for the great biodiversity which lives on the cold-water coral, Lophelia pertusa, in this region.

The name confusingly has also been used to refer to Rockall, a real rock in the North Atlantic.

Jon Van Dyke, a law professor, has suggested that the situation is similar to the failed British attempt to claim an EEZ around Rockall, an uninhabited granite outcropping in the Atlantic Ocean.

* Legends of Fionn mac Cumhaill also known by many other names including Finn MacCool, have it that he built the Giant's Causeway as stepping-stones to Scotland, so as not to get his feet wet ; and that he also once scooped up part of Ireland to fling it at a rival, but it missed and landed in the Irish Sea — the clump became the Isle of Man and the pebble became Rockall, the void became Lough Neagh.

The United Kingdom's claim to Rockall is not recognised by any international authority and other countries also claim it.

See also Ireland's claim to Rockall.

For example, when Martin Martin visited St Kilda in 1716, he refers to it as Rockoll, but goes on to mention that the locals also knew Rockall as Rockabarra ( Rocabarraigh ).

The nearest point on land from Rockall is 301. 3 km, or 162. 7 nmi, east at the uninhabited Scottish island of Soay in the St. Kilda archipelago.

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If Rockall is not considered part of the UK, Soay, St Kilda, at is the westernmost point.

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It is the westernmost point of land in Scotland, excluding the disputed Rockall islet.

These corals are long-lived and slow-growing, a justification for designating Rockall and the Rockall as a Marine Protected Area.

A post-war converted Lancaster, now operating in a maritime reconnaissance role by 120 Squadron, had taken off from RAF Kinloss just after 18. 00 hours on the evening of 13 March 1951 for a NAVEX in the vicinity of Rockall and the Faroe Isles.

In 2006 / 7 he had the unusual experience for a formal radio announcer, of having his vocals used as a rap on a dance track after UK electronica act The Young Punx sampled him reading the Shipping Forecast for their track " Rockall ".

Seán Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus ( 1 November 1927 – 10 July 2010 ) was an Irish environmentalist, barrister and politician who drew attention to his campaign issues by changing his name.

Tom McClean is a veteran of both the Parachute Regiment and the SAS and is a survival expert who lived on the island of Rockall from 26 May to 4 July 1985 to affirm Britain's claim to the island.

A continental shelf dispute involving Iceland, Ireland, and the UK ( Ireland and the UK have signed a boundary agreement in the Rockall area )

Yet these formations are, while being noted in the Island of Rockall Act 1972, technically not considered islands or points on land per se, as they are often submerged completely, only revealed momentarily under certain types of ocean surface waves.

) The Anton Dohrn Seamount is a submarine elevation on Rockall Trough about halfway between Rockall and the Outer Hebrides.

It is the only named geographical location on the rock, other than Rockall as a whole.

The ILV Granuaile was chartered by the Geological Survey of Ireland ( GSI ), on behalf of the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources ( DCMNR ), to conduct a seismic survey at the Rockall and Hatton Banks in July 2004.

In 1975, a new mineral was discovered on Rockall.

* 1686 — a Spanish, French, or Spanish-French ship ran aground on Rockall.

Powell presented a scenario of what he thought the last resort would be, namely that the Soviet Union would be ready to invade Britain and had used a nuclear weapon on somewhere such as Rockall to demonstrate their willingness to use it:

Occasionally the penguins live on the island of Rockall, where they occasionally set up a socialist commune.

In fact, Rockall is mapped by the Ordnance Survey, but is usually shown as an inset without gridlines on a mainland sheet.

The entire Act consists of a single effective section, which reads, " As from the date of the passing of this Act, the Island of Rockall ( of which possession was formally taken in the name of Her Majesty on 18th September 1955 in pursuance of a Royal Warrant dated 14th September 1955 addressed to the Captain of Her Majesty's Ship Vidal ) shall be incorporated into that part of the United Kingdom known as Scotland and shall form part of the District of Harris in the County of Inverness, and the law of Scotland shall apply accordingly.

Perkins hosted Good Evening, Rockall ( second series ), a short-lived news orientated panel game shown on BBC Choice.

The severity of an upper GI bleed can be judged based on the Blatchford score or Rockall score.

Basil Hall landing on Rockall in 1811

In 1985 McClean took up residence on Rockall from 26 May to 4 July and in doing so reaffirmed the United Kingdom's claim to the island.

Rockall (, ) is an extremely small, uninhabited, remote rocky islet in the North Atlantic Ocean.

The islet of Rockall makes up the eroded core of an extinct volcano ( a volcanic plug ), and is one of the few pinnacles of the surrounding Helen's Reef.

* Rockall, a islet in the Atlantic Ocean, part of the United Kingdom

* The islet of Rockall, designated as an independent state by Greenpeace

( Loftus later changed his name by deed poll to " Seán Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus " as part of a campaign to press the Irish Government to make a territorial claim to the Rockall islet off the coast of County Donegal ).

Some of these patrols ranged as far out as the distant islet of Rockall.

In the following years Loftus changed his name by deed poll several times more, to " Seán Dublin Bay Loftus ", " Seán Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus " ( as part of a campaign to press the Irish Government to make a territorial claim to the Rockall islet 424 kilometres off the coast of County Donegal ) and " Seán Alderman Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus ", among others.