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Rockall

British

/ ˈrɒkɔːl /

noun

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

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The current world record for a 45-day stay on Rockall was set by adventurer Nick Hancock in 2014.

From BBC • Jun. 28, 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

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

The minister told MSPs that incursions into the waters around Rockall had increased from 15 in 2015 to 33 in 2016 and 94 in 2017.

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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