Term:
Rockall Plateau; Rockall Bank
Definition:
A well defined shoal area of depth less than 1,500 m, some 450 by 600 km in extent and separated from the continental shelf around Great Britain by the Rockall Trough, 2,700 m deep. In the NE corner of Rockall Plateau, Rockall Island is made of aegirine granite of Lower Eocene age.
Domain:
Fishery
Source:
National Institute of Oceanography, Wormley, Godalming, Surrey; Department of Geodesy and Geophysics, University of Cambridge
