Ramna Stacks
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The Ramna Stacks are a group of skerries
Skerries
Skerries is the plural of skerry, meaning a small rocky island.Skerries may refer to a number of geographical locations:-Ireland:*Skerries, Dublin, a seaside town in Ireland*The Skerries, Northern Ireland...

 in the Shetland islands. They are north of the northern tip of Mainland, and along with nearby Gruney
Gruney
Gruney is a small, uninhabited island in Shetland, Scotland. It lies north of the Northmavine peninsula of the Shetland Mainland, from which it is separated by the Gruney Sound....

 they are a special protection area
Special Protection Area
A Special Protection Area or SPA is a designation under the European Union Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds.Under the Directive, Member States of the European Union have a duty to safeguard the habitats of migratory birds and certain particularly threatened birds.Together with Special...

on account of their birdlife.

From north to south they consist of:
  • Gaut Skerries
  • Outer Stack
  • Scordar
  • Turla
  • Hyter
  • Ofoora
  • Fladda (which has a natural arch and two caves)
  • Flae-ass
  • Barlcudda


Gruney and the islet of The Club lie just to the south of the Ramna Stacks.
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