Ortac

Ortac is located in Channel Islands
Ortac
Location of Ortac within the Channel Islands
1890 map of Alderney, with Ortac
18th century map of Alderney, with drawing of Ortac
Ortac seen from above Clonque Bay, Alderney

Ortac is a small uninhabited islet about 5 kilometres (3.1 miles) west of the coast of Alderney near to the islet of Burhou. It measures roughly 50 by 70 metres (164.0 by 229.7 feet), and rises 24 metres (78.7 feet) above the sea level.[1]

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".