Haskeir

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Haskeir
Lighthouse on Haskeir, with Haskeir Eagach in the background
Lighthouse on Haskeir, with Haskeir Eagach in the background
Waters North Atlantic
Archipelago Outer Hebrides
Geographical location 57 ° 41 '53 "  N , 7 ° 41' 4"  W Coordinates: 57 ° 41 '53 "  N , 7 ° 41' 4"  W.
Haskeir (Scotland)
Haskeir
surface 15 ha
Highest elevation 37.5  m above sea level NN
Residents uninhabited
Haskeir (right) and Haskeir Eagach as seen from Griminish Point on North Uist
Haskeir (right) and Haskeir Eagach as seen from Griminish Point on North Uist

Haskeir ( Scottish Gaelic : Eilean Hasgeir ; also Great Haskeir (Scottish Gaelic Hasgeir Mhòr ), Old Norwegian probably Skilðar or Skilðir 'shields') is an uninhabited island in the west of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland . One kilometer southwest of Haskeir are the five skerries Haskeir eagach , in German "Gesunkenes Haskeir".

geography

Haskeir is a remote, mostly rocky island. It is located 13 kilometers west-northwest of North Uist and around 40 kilometers east of the St. Kilda archipelago , for which Haskeir is the closest land area.

There are several rock arches along the coast and Castle Cliff , a high cliff at the north end of Haskeir. Immediately north and south of the island are numerous other, small skerries . The vegetation consists of a few plants such as carnation , white carnation , common plantain and melde .

The rock is mostly gneiss .

history

Map of Scotland (1580) with Hyrth ( Hirta in St. Kilda ) on the left edge of the picture and Skaldar (Haskeir?) Northeast of it

The presumed earlier name of the island, skildar , is considered to be the origin of the name of the island group St. Kilda.

The remains of a hut are on Haskeir. It is believed to have been built by fishermen from the Monach Islands . In 1997 a lighthouse was built on Haskeir.

Others

The Monach Islands south of Haskeir are also called Heisker , which occasionally leads to confusion.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ David Quine: St Kilda . Colin Baxter Island Guides, Grantown-on-Spey 2000, ISBN 1841070084 . P. 21. Quine suspects that Skildar was written by Lucas J. Waghenaer in his 1592 map without the final r and with a point after the S , i.e. S. Kilda . Others thought this was a saint's name and so created the spelling of St Kilda .
  2. ↑ Nicholas de Nicolay: (1583) Vraye & exacte description Hydrographique des costes maritimes d'Escosse & des Isles Orchades Hebrides avec partie d'Angleterre & d'Irlande servant a la navigation . Edinburgh 1583, National Library of Scotland, accessed December 22, 2007