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See Also: Skerry (disambiguation) A skerry is a small rocky island, usually defined to be too small for habitation. It may simply be a rocky Reef . The term skerry is derived from the , it appears as ''sgeir'', e.g. Sula Sgeir . FORMATION Skerries are most commonly formed at the outlet of Fjord s where submerged glacially formed valleys at right angles with the coast join with other cross valleys in a complex array. In some places near the seaward margins of fjorded areas, the ice-scoured channels are so numerous and varied in direction that the rocky coast is divided into thousands of island blocks, some large & mountainous while others a merely rocky points or rock Reef s, menacing navigation. EXAMPLES The island fringe of Norway is such a group of glacially formed skerries (called a ''skjærgård''); many of the cross fjords are so arranged that they parallel the coast and provide a protected channel behind an almost unbroken succession of mountainous islands and skerries. By this channel one can travel through a protected passage almost the entire 1,600 km route from Stavanger to North Cape , Norway. The Blindleia is a skerry-protected waterway that starts near Kristiansand in southern Norway , and continues past Lillesand . The “inside passage” provides a similar route from Seattle , Washington to Skagway , Alaska. Yet another such skerry-protected passage extends from the Straits Of Magellan north for 800 km (500 miles). The Swedish coast along Bohuslän is likewise skerry guarded. The southwestern coast of Finland also has a large amount of skerries, so many, in fact, that they form an Archipelago . The United Kingdom has a large number of skerries including Staple Island (an Outer Farne Island ) in England, a small rocky outcrop near the Fowlsheugh in northeast Scotland and numerous reefs in the Hebrides such as Dhu Heartach and Skerryvore . The most southerly skerries are perhaps the Skrap Skerries off South Georgia For a list of the various islands and island groups with ''skerry'' or ''skerries'' as part of their name see: The Skerries . |
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