🌴 Ve Skerries

The Ve Skerries or Vee Skerries are a group of low skerries three miles (4.8 km) north west of Papa Stour, on the west coast of Shetland, Scotland. They define the southwest perimeter of St Magnus Bay. They are notorious for shipwrecks, which led to the construction of a lighthouse in 1979. In local folklore, they are said to be a retreat for selkies. The lighthouse was built following the loss of the trawler Elinor Viking and to serve increased shipping for the Sullom Voe oil terminal.