Rockall is an uninhabitable granite islet in the North Atlantic Ocean. The United Kingdom claims that Rockall lies within its territorial sea. Rockall's approximate distances from the closest islands in each direction are as follows: It is 301.3 kilometres (west of Soay, Scotland; 423.2 km northwest of Tory Island, Ireland; and 700 kilometres south of Iceland.The nearest permanently inhabited place is North Uist, an island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, 370 kilometres to the east.