Hasselwood Rock

Hasselwood Rock is a uninhabitable skerry 200 metres North of Rockall in the North-east Atlantic Ocean.

Location and characteristics

Hasselwood Rock is some north of the larger outcrop of Rockall. Expeditions and landings on Hasselwood Rock have not been reported.
The rock is approximately above low water, and in diameter, with an area of approximately. It is covered at high tide and in heavy seas, often only visible as breaking waves. The only other rocks in the area—those of Helen's Reef—are almost to the north-east.
The upper part of Hasselwood Rock is the destroyed cone of an extinct volcano. The geological composition is unknown.

SS ''Norge'' disaster

In 1904, the SS Norge ran aground on the Rock in fog with the loss of over 635 lives. The sinking remains the worst maritime disaster involving a Danish merchant ship. It was at the time the worst civilian disaster in the Atlantic Ocean until the Titanic sank eight years later.