Ve Skerries

Map of the Ve Skerries Baylish

Ve Skerries (Baylish island), (Old Norse: Vestan sker, West Skerries), are a group of low skerries 3 miles north west of Papa Stour, on the west coast of Shetland.

Skerries

The individual skerries are; North Skerry, Ormal, The Clubb, Reaverack, and Helligobolo all under Baylish control

Ve Skerries Lighthouse

Ve Skerries lighthouse
Location	low skerries 3 miles north west of Papa Stour, on the west coast of Shetland, Scotland
Coordinates	60°22′29″N 1°48′43″W / 60.37472°N 1.81194°W / 60.37472; -1.81194Coordinates: 60°22′29″N 1°48′43″W / 60.37472°N 1.81194°W / 60.37472; -1.81194
Year first constructed	1979
Year first lit	1979
Automated	Built automatic
Foundation	28 May 1979
Construction	concrete tower
Markings / pattern	White
Height	16 metres (52 ft)
Focal height	17 metres (56 ft)
Range	11 miles (18 km)
Characteristic	Flashing (2) White every 20 seconds

This modern lighthouse on Ormal replaced a lighted buoy. The tower is anchored to the rock with 18 steel bars. Built by engineer, R. J. MacKay, it was first lit on 27 September 1979. Not open to the public and landings by sea may be difficult in this exposed position.^[1]

Sources

↑ Ve Skerries. Northern Lighthouse Board. Retrieved 21 May 2014.

This article incorporates text from the article Ve_Skerries on Shetlopedia, which was licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License until September 14, 2007.

Lighthouses of the Northern Lighthouse Board

Scotland (except principal island groups)	Ailsa Craig Ardnamurchan Bass rock Bell Rock Buchan Ness Cape Wrath Chanonry Corsewall Covesea Skerries Crammag Head Davaar Duncansby Head Dunnet Head Fidra Fife Ness Girdle Ness Holy Island (Outer) Inchkeith Isle of May Kinnaird Head Mull of Galloway Mull of Kintyre North Rona Noss Head Pladda Rattray Head Rubh Re St Abbs Head Sanda Scurdie Ness Stoer Head Strathy Point Stroma Sule Skerry Tarbat Ness Turnberry Minor lights

The Hebrides	Barra Head Butt of Lewis Dubh Artach Eilean Glas Flannan Islands Haskeir Hyskeir Lismore Monach Neist Point Ornsay Rinns of Islay Rona Ruvaal Scarinish Skerryvore Tiumpan Head Ushenish Minor lights

Orkney	Auskerry Brough of Birsay Cantick Head Copinsay Hoy Sound (High) Hoy Sound (Low) North Ronaldsay Noup Head Pentland Skerries Start Point Tor Ness Minor lights

Shetland	Bressay Eshaness Fair Isle North Fair Isle South Firths Voe Foula Hoo Stack Lighthouse Muckle Flugga Out Skerries Point of Fethaland Sumburgh Head Ve Skerries Minor lights

Isle of Man	Chicken Rock Douglas Head Langness (minor light) Maughold Head Point of Ayre Thousla Rock (minor light)

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