Rockall
Britishnoun
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After receiving the distress call at 08:55, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency sent a search and rescue helicopter from Stornoway to Rockall.
From BBC • Jul. 9, 2023
His team set out to fill the gap in two visits last year to the Rockall Trough, a rough terrain northwest of Ireland.
From Science Magazine • Mar. 22, 2022
Scottish and Irish governments have agreed to "intensify" discussions to resolve a row over fishing off Rockall.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2019
Tom McClean lays claim to being the first man to reside on Rockall, after spending 40 days and nights on the rock in 1985.
From BBC • Jun. 11, 2019
The general synopsis at nineteen hundred: loiv Fitzroy a thousand and eight expected just west of Rockall...
From "The London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd
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