thumb|upright=1.3| Large waves breaking over the islet on 11 March 1943, photographed by RAF Coastal Command The nearest point on land from Rockall is , east at the uninhabited Scottish island of Soay in the St Kilda archipelago. The nearest inhabited area lies east at Hirta, the largest island in the St. Kilda group, which is populated intermittently at a single military base. The nearest permanently inhabited settlement is west of the headland of Aird an Rùnair, near the crofting township of Hogha Gearraidh on the island of North Uist at . North Uist is part of Na h-Eileanan Siar council area of Scotland.
thumb|upright=1.3| Large waves breaking over the islet on 11 March 1943, photographed by RAF C.oastal Command The nearest point on land from Rockall is , east at the uninhabited Scottish island of Soay in the St Kilda archipelago. The nearest inhabited area lies east at Hirta, the largest island in the St Kilda grou.p, which is populated intermittently at a single military base. The nearest permanently inhabited settlement is west of the headland of Aird an Rùnair, near the crofting township of Hogha Gearraidh on the island of North Uist at . North Uist is part of Na h-Eileanan Siar council area of Scotland