The Scottish marine region for the Outer Hebrides6

1

Those parts of the Scottish marine area, the boundaries of which are identified in paragraphs (2) to (6), are designated as a Scottish marine region to be known as ‘the Scottish marine region for the Outer Hebrides’.

2

It is bounded to the south by—

a

firstly, a line between the co-ordinates 56°47′29″ north latitude, 07°01′55″ west longitude and 56°27′52″ north latitude, 07°40′34″ west longitude, defined by joining sequentially the following co-ordinates—

Co-ordinate

North Latitude

West Longitude

1

56°47′29″

07°01′55″

2

56°45′54″

07°05′50″

3

56°45′06″

07°08′15″

4

56°44′33″

07°10′04″

5

56°43′12″

07°13′38″

6

56°32′52″

07°29′15″

7

56°27′52″

07°40′34″

; and

b

secondly, a line of shortest distance between the co-ordinate 56°27′52″ north latitude, 07°40′34″ west longitude and the seaward limit of the Scottish marine area.

3

It is bounded to the west and north by the seaward limit of the Scottish marine area between—

a

the point it meets the line described in paragraph (2)(b); and

b

the point it meets the line described in paragraph (4)(a).

4

It is bounded to the east by—

a

firstly, a line of shortest distance between the seaward limit of the Scottish marine area and the co-ordinate 58°45′21″ north latitude, 05°41′32″ west longitude; and

b

secondly, a line between the co-ordinates 58°45′21″ north latitude, 05°41′32″ west longitude and 56°47′29″ north latitude, 07°01′55″ west longitude, defined by joining sequentially the following co-ordinates—

Co-ordinate

North Latitude

West Longitude

1

58°45′21″

05°41′32″

2

58°40′09″

05°40′58″

3

58°37′19″

05°40′42″

4

58°32′56″

05°39′36″

5

58°31′30″

05°39′33″

6

58°28′44″

05°40′30″

7

58°28′20″

05°40′34″

8

58°23′27″

05°44′20″

9

58°20′07″

05°45′45″

10

58°18′39″

05°45′48″

11

58°11′47″

05°46′25″

12

58°11′05″

05°47′00″

13

58°08′07″

05°49′00″

14

58°06′58″

05°49′43″

15

58°05′59″

05°50′25″

16

58°05′26″

05°50′54″

17

58°03′56″

05°53′42″

18

58°03′30″

05°54′25″

19

58°01′56″

05°59′01″

20

58°01′39″

05°59′37″

21

57°59′18″

06°02′18″

22

57°52′51″

06°04′02″

23

57°50′55″

06°04′37″

24

57°49′27″

06°05′17″

25

57°49′12″

06°10′19″

26

57°48′33″

06°16′49″

27

57°48′37″

06°17′57″

28

57°48′51″

06°21′16″

29

57°50′38″

06°26′13″

30

57°50′47″

06°27′11″

31

57°51′10″

06°30′13″

32

57°50′59″

06°31′01″

33

57°48′11″

06°34′48″

34

57°45′37″

06°37′19″

35

57°44′27″

06°37′51″

36

57°43′34″

06°38′40″

37

57°43′16″

06°38′52″

38

57°42′17″

06°43′16″

39

57°41′46″

06°44′31″

40

57°40′44″

06°46′52″

41

57°39′32″

06°48′37″

42

57°38′47″

06°49′33″

43

57°37′54″

06°50′14″

44

57°36′16″

06°50′52″

45

57°34′54″

06°53′01″

46

57°34′28″

06°53′47″

47

57°33′28″

06°54′42″

48

57°32′06″

06°55′51″

49

57°31′53″

06°56′00″

50

57°31′32″

06°56′13″

51

57°31′08″

06°56′21″

52

57°30′10″

06°57′05″

53

57°29′23″

06°57′28″

54

57°26′12″

06°58′54″

55

57°24′56″

06°59′14″

56

57°23′42″

06°59′02″

57

57°20′44″

06°58′23″

58

57°20′38″

06°58′19″

59

57°19′21″

06°57′01″

60

57°18′35″

06°56′29″

61

57°17′16″

06°55′46″

62

57°15′56″

06°55′06″

63

57°14′30″

06°54′43″

64

57°12′18″

06°54′01″

65

57°10′56″

06°52′51″

66

57°10′47″

06°52′39″

67

57°04′52″

06°54′47″

68

57°03′34″

06°55′56″

69

57°02′48″

06°56′29″

70

57°01′11″

06°57′43″

71

56°56′23″

07°01′05″

72

56°56′09″

07°01′11″

73

56°54′35″

07°01′37″

74

56°53′23″

07°01′52″

75

56°51′16″

07°02′11″

76

56°49′10″

07°02′17″

77

56°47′29″

07°01′55″

5

The Scottish marine region for the Outer Hebrides includes that part of the Scottish marine area which is adjacent to the following Scottish islands—

a

St Kilda (Hirta)7; and

b

St Kilda (Boreray)8,

and bounded to the north, east, south and west by the seaward limit of the Scottish marine area.

6

The Scottish marine region for the Outer Hebrides includes that part of the Scottish marine area which is adjacent to the following Scottish islands—

a

Sula Sgeir9; and

b

North Rona10

and bounded to the north, east, south and west by the seaward limit of the Scottish marine area.