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The Pentland Skerries (Old Norse
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The Pentland Skerries (Old Norse
Old Norse

Old Norse is a North Germanic languages that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
: Pettlandssker ) are a group of four uninhabited island
Island

An island or isle is any piece of land that is surrounded by water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls are called islets....
s lying in the Pentland Firth
Pentland Firth

The Pentland Firth , which is actually more of a strait than a firth, separates the Orkney Islands from Caithness in the north of Scotland. The name is presumed to be a corruption of "Petlandsfj?r?", the fjord of Pictland, and is completely unrelated to the Pentland Hills near Edinburgh....
, northeast of Duncansby Head and south of South Ronaldsay
South Ronaldsay

South Ronaldsay is one of the Orkney Islands off the north coast of Scotland. It is linked to the Orkney Mainland by the Churchill Barriers, running via Burray, Glimps Holm and Lamb Holm....
 in Scotland
Scotland

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By far the largest of the islands is Muckle Skerry
Muckle Skerry

Muckle Skerry is the largest of the Pentland Skerries that lie off the north coast of Scotland. It is home to the Pentland Skerries Lighthouse....
, home to a lighthouse
Lighthouse

A lighthouse is a tower, building, or framework designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lens or, in older times, from a fire and used as an aid to navigation and to Maritime pilot at sea....
. The other islands are Little Skerry, Louther Skerry and Clettack Skerry.