Bass rock
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| Waters | Firth of Forth | |
| Archipelago | Islands of the Forth | |
| Geographical location | 56 ° 4 ′ 31 ″ N , 2 ° 38 ′ 23 ″ W | |
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| length | 420 m | |
| width | 270 m | |
| surface | 5 ha | |
| Highest elevation | 107 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
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Bass Rock , also known as The Bass , is a now uninhabited island off the coast of the East Lothian region of Scotland in the southeast of the Firth of Forth . Bass Rock consists essentially of a large, solitary rock that is about two kilometers off the coast. The island is a relic of volcanic activity in the Carboniferous and consists of phonolite .
Bass Rock is the location of a lighthouse from 1902, which was built according to the plans of the engineer David Alan Stevenson (1854-1938). The island is home to one of the largest gannet colonies and is a protected area. The northern gannet ( Morus bassanus ) owes its name to this island. The colony on the island was first mentioned in a document in the middle of the 12th century. The birds were then called Solan Goose and served as a source of food.
In addition to gannets, fulmars , puffins , kittiwakes , shags , guillemots and razorbills can be found on the rock .
history
The island's oldest known owners were members of the Lauder of The Bass family who resided there. According to tradition, they are said to have been the island of Malcolm III. have received.
In 1497, the Scottish King James IV visited a castle on the island. In the 17th century the castle became a prison .
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- Renate and Achim Kostrzewa: Scotland with England and Wales . In: Travel Guide Nature . BLV Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, Munich 1994, ISBN 3-405-14509-0 , p. 199 .
