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Sula Sgeir is a small, uninhabited Scottish island in the North Atlantic, west of North Rona. One of the most remote islands of the British Isles, it lies more than forty miles north of Lewis and is best known for its population of gannets. Although seemingly very inhospitable to humans, there is a ruined stone bothy called Taigh Beannaichte (Blessed House) on the east headland Sgeir an Teampaill. The hard gneiss rock of which the island is made splits into long pieces, which are excellent for building bothies and cairns, but the hard rough boulders and sharp rocks make for difficult walking. The sea has burrowed right through the southern part of the island in a series of interconnected and spectacular caves which can be explored in calm weather by inflatable. The small lighthouse on the south end at Sròn na Lice is regularly damaged by the huge seas which break right over the rock during Atlantic storms. Despite this there is a surprising amount of vegetation, and the thrift is especially colourful in June, which is probably the best month to visit.〔(Innsegall online guide: Rona and Sula Sgeir ) Retrieved 29 June 2007.〕 ==Etymology== The modern name is from the Old Norse ''súla'', "gannet" and ''sker'', "skerry".〔 In the 16th century Dean Munro referred to the island as "Suilskeray".〔Monro (1549) "Suilskeray" no. 162〕 Macculloch's 1819 ''Description'' refers to "Sulisker",〔Macculloch (1819) p. 204.〕 an Anglicised spelling that is still occasionally used.〔Scoresby (2009) p. 67〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sula Sgeir」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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