Little Burhou, Ortac & Casquets

Ortac is a small uninhabited islet about west of the coast of Alderney near to the islet of Burhou. It measures roughly , and rises above the sea level. A.H. Ewen surmised that the rock's name meant "large rock at the edge" from the Norman language or (edge) + etac (stack). Alexander Deschamps said that the French formerly knew it as "the Eagle's Nest". Geology Ortac and Alderney, along with the Casquets, are part of the same sandstone ridge. Paul Naftel, a Guernsey artist, sketched it, and th…