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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 39. Chapters: London Arch, The Twelve Apostles, Bass Rock, Stac an Armin, Diamond Rock, Goat Rock Beach, The Needles, Khao Phing Kan, Stac Dhomhnaill Chaim, Sugar Loaf Islands, Ball's Pyramid, Etretat, Old Man of Hoy, Haystack Rock, Stac Biorach, Lot's Wife, Old Harry Rocks, Risin og Kellingin, Rocas Alijos, Stac Lee, noharajima, Smith Island, Sail Rock, Inambajima, Hopewell Rocks, Stac Levenish, Ildefonso Islands, Perce Rock, Roca Partida, Mussel Rock, Marsden Rock, Eldey, Mokolii, Meoto Iwa, Petra tou Romiou, Raouche, Strombolicchio, Out Stack, Brown Jewel, Lange Anna, Flowerpot Island, Faraglioni, Am Buachaille, Reynisdrangar, Horse Block, Tri Brata, Old Man of Stoer, Drangarnir. Excerpt: The Bass Rock, or simply The Bass, ( ), is an island in the outer part of the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland. It is approximately 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) offshore, and 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north-east of North Berwick. It is a steep-sided volcanic rock, 107 metres (351 ft) at its highest point, and is home to a large colony of gannets. The rock is currently uninhabited, but historically has been settled by an early Christian hermit, and later was the site of an important castle, which was, after the Commonwealth, used as a prison. The island was in the ownership of the Lauder family for almost six centuries, and now belongs to Sir Hew Fleetwood Hamilton-Dalrymple. A lighthouse was constructed on the rock in 1902, and the remains of a chapel are located there. The Bass Rock features in numerous works of fiction, including Robert Stevenson's Catriona and The Lion is Rampant by contemporary Scottish novelist Ross Laidlaw. The Bass Rock from North Berwick Bass Rock relative to North Berwick, from North Berwick LawThe island is a volcanic plug of phonolitic trachyte rock of Carboniferous (Dinantian) age. The rock was first recognised as an ...
