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[yellow11]

what is the 269 acre island part of a national nature reserve near flannan isles?
thanks

[Physicsgirl]

don't know if this link will help
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flannan_Isles

[Aquagility]

St Kilda

[yellow11]

it can't be st kilda as that's over 800 hectares!

[wideboy]

A tiny, tiny island with a gir's name (it's in my atlas).

Also look here:-

Western Isles Lighthouses

http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/heb.htm

(wouldn't be surprised if the compiler wasn't using this link)

[orly]

It's easily spotted and measured on Google Earth 44 miles to NNE. St. Kilda is too big and to the west

[Aquagility]

North Rona is 269 acres, so that must be right. But it is over 80 miles from the Flannan Isles - it's actually nearer to the Scottish mainland - and (unlike St Kilda) it's not a designated nature reserve.

[wideboy]

Aquagility, it's not from the Flannan Isles (that's the 4th lighthouse), it's from the first one at the Butt of Lewis. I used Google Maps from Port Nis, zoomed out until I saw the dot of Rona (Ronaidh), then zoomed in on it. It even tells you on the map "Lies about 71km (44miles) NNE of Butt of Lewis".

http://www.multimap.com/maps/?&hloc=GB|KA181PT #t=l&map=59.11966,-5.81877|13|4&loc=GB:58.4929 9:-6.22526:14|port%20nis|Port%20Nis,%20Eilean% 20Siar,%20HS2%200

[wideboy]

PS. As a nature reserve:-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Rona

North Rona - Special Area of Conservation
Rona and Sula Sgeir - Scotland's National Nature Reserves

http://www.nnr-scotland.org.uk/reserve.asp?NNR Id=4

[orly]

Wideboy is right

[wideboy]

Thanks orly!

[yellow11]

thanks all-i got it by converting acres to hectares then found it in wikipedia scottish islands!