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skerry
A skerry is a small rocky island, usually defined to be too small for habitation; it may simply be a rocky reef. A skerry can also be called a low sea stack.〔Johnson, M.E., & Webb, G.E. (2007). Outer rocky shores of the mowanbini archipelago, devonian reef complex, canning basin, western Australia. The Journal of Geology, 115. Retrieved from http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdf?vid=3&hid=2&sid=eebecdd1-4007-4fe9-a0df-9e1d32ced4eb%40sessionmgr11〕
The term ''skerry'' is derived from the Old Norse ''sker'', which means a rock in the sea. The Old Norse term ''sker'' was brought into the English language via the Scots language word spelled skerrie or skerry. It is a cognate of the Scandinavian languages' words for ''skerry'' – Icelandic, (フェロー語:sker), (デンマーク語:skær), (スウェーデン語:skär), (ノルウェー語:skjær'' / ''skjer), found also in (ドイツ語:Schäre), Finnish "luoto", (エストニア語:skäär), (ラトビア語:šēra), (リトアニア語:Šcheras) and (ロシア語:шхеры'' )(shkhery)''. In Scottish Gaelic, it appears as ''sgeir'', e.g. Sula Sgeir, in Irish as ''sceir,'' in Welsh as ''sgeri,'' and in Manx as ''skeyr.'' The word is also probably related to the Italian word ''scoglio'', sharing the same meaning, and the Spanish word ''escollo'', meaning 'obstacle (on one's way)'.
==Formation==
Skerries are most commonly formed at the outlet of fjords where submerged glacially formed valleys at right angles to the coast join with other cross valleys in a complex array. In some places near the seaward margins of fjorded areas, the ice-scoured channels are so numerous and varied in direction that the rocky coast is divided into thousands of island blocks, some large and mountainous while others are merely rocky points or rock reefs that menace navigation.
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