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Or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockall
by rmc 11y ago
Or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockall
- creshal 11y ago> "More people have landed on the moon than have landed on Rockall." Charming place.
- smcl 11y agoMy word I knew it was remote and tough to access but I didn't know it was so overlooked. I remember The Reg launched a charity expedition (called "Rockall Ho!") there a decade back, however: http://m.theregister.co.uk/2005/06/22/rockall_triumph/ http://m.theregister.co.uk/2005/06/22/rockall_triumph/
- BellsOnSunday 11y agoNobody ever fought over Rockall.
- notahacker 11y agoAs an uninhabitable island with rival territorial claims from Denmark and Ireland mainly because the fishing rights are potentially worth something, it's a better comparison point than an island group which has been continuously occupied for nearly 200 years...
- arethuza 11y agoThe UK and Iceland did tussle over fishing rights in the North Atlantic - not an outright shooting war, but there were warships posted to protect UK trawlers and collisions between ships: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cod_Wars https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cod_Wars
- cmdkeen 11y agoIt's an islet not an island, which under UNCLOS is a really important distinction. Islands get an EEZ around them, islets don't. Rockall gets 12 nautical miles of territorial waters around it, but no EEZ. The distinction between islets and islands is the basis of what China is up to with the artificial islands it is constructing. UNCLOS is a really interesting thing to get stuck into if you are a legally inclined geek.
- MrJagil 11y agoSomeone stayed 45 days on Rockall like this: http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/07/17/article-2696222-00033F7F00000258-761_634x394.jpg http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/07/17/article-2696222-00...