Skerry

Passing a skerry off Garibaldi, Oregon, United States

A skerry is a small rocky island, or islet, usually too small for human habitation. It may simply be a rocky reef. A skerry can also be called a low sea stack.^[1]

A skerry may have vegetative life such as moss and small, hardy grasses. They are often used as resting places by animals such as seals and birds.

^ Johnson, Markes E.; Webb, Gregory E. (1 September 2007). "Outer Rocky Shores of the Mowanbini Archipelago, Devonian Reef Complex, Canning Basin, Western Australia" (PDF). The Journal of Geology. 115 (5): 583–600. Bibcode:2007JG....115..583J. doi:10.1086/519779. S2CID 129190899.

[1] Johnson, Markes E.; Webb, Gregory E. (1 September 2007). "Outer Rocky Shores of the Mowanbini Archipelago, Devonian Reef Complex, Canning Basin, Western Australia" (PDF). The Journal of Geology. 115 (5): 583–600. Bibcode:2007JG....115..583J. doi:10.1086/519779. S2CID 129190899.

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