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Elevation - Rockall and Helen's Reef - high resolution multibeam echosounder bathymetry

Publisher
Scottish Government SpatialData.gov.scot
Updated
8 July 2026
Topic
Not set

Summary

High resolution bathymetry data of Rockall and Helen's Reef collected 2011-2012 as part of the ROAME Offshore Fisheries and Conservation (OFFCON) project. Rockall, a tiny island just 19 metres high, sits on the very extremity of Scotland’s marine environment. Some 180 miles due west of St. Kilda, it is buffeted year round by the extreme winds and swell that the North Atlantic weather generates. As such, it is Scotland’s only truly offshore shallow water ecosystem. The islet of Rockall is actually the only part of vast plateau of submerged continent that remains above sea-level.

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Additional information

Source Metadata
XML, HTML
Date added
12 September 2023
Harvest GUID
Marine_Scotland_FishDAC_1002
Extent (Latitude)
58.00° to 57.50°
Extent (Longitude)
-14.00° to -13.00°
Spatial reference system
WGS84
Dataset reference date (publication)
2014-08-07
Frequency of update
Not Planned
Access constraints
no restrictions on public access
Responsible party
Scottish Government (pointOfContact, originator, custodian)
ISO 19139 resource type
dataset
Metadata language
eng

Contact

marine.gis@gov.scot

Licence information

NOT TO BE USED FOR NAVIGATION. This data does not meet the quality criteria of IHO order 1A survey data.\n\nThe following attribution statement must be used: Contains information from Scottish Government licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.