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Rockall

British  
/ ˈrɒkɔːl /

noun

  1. an uninhabited British island in the N Atlantic, 354 km (220 miles) W of the Outer Hebrides. Area: 0.07 ha (0.18 acres)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

Mr Rockall says the sector has changed a lot in the last two decades.

From BBC Jul. 5, 2021

Rockall - the small craggy mound poking out of the Atlantic - is currently the focus of a fight about who can legally fish around its ferocious seas.

From BBC Jun. 11, 2019

He added: "By international law of the sea if you stay on an island more than 21 days, you're residing. I'm the first person to reside on Rockall."

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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