🦎 Grassholm Island

United Kingdom · Europe · Nature Reserve · 51.73°N, 5.48°W

Grassholm or Grassholm Island is a small uninhabited island situated 13 kilometres (8 mi) off the southwestern Pembrokeshire coast in Wales, lying west of Skomer, in the community of Marloes and St Brides. It is the westernmost point in Wales other than the isolated rocks on which the Smalls Lighthouse stands. Grassholm is known for its huge colony of northern gannets; the island has been owned since 1947 by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, and is one of its oldest reserves. It reaches 42 metres (138 ft) tall.

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Quick facts

Country	United Kingdom
Continent / region	Europe
Protection type	🦎 Nature Reserve
Coordinates (approx.)	51.73°N, 5.48°W · view on map

Grassholm Island is a nature reserve in United Kingdom, in Europe. The details of why Grassholm Island is ecologically important are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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