evidence: Who owns Rockall? The isolated Atlantic outcrop has generated fierce nationalist rivalries since the first Royal Navy expedition scrambled ashore in 1810. [...] Possession of Rockall, 240 miles (386km) west of the Scottish mainland, was for many decades deemed imperative in order to generate claims to the vast tracts of surrounding fisheries and the oil-rich Atlantic seabed. [...] The UK, however, is not the only state eager to gain control of the Hatton/Rockall basin. Ireland, Iceland and Denmark (on behalf of the Faroes) have also lodged overlapping claims.