Tusker Rock (Welsh: Ynys Twsgr), is a rock in the Bristol Channel, about 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Ogmore-by-Sea, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. It is suggested that it takes its name from Tuska the Viking, a Dane whose fellow Vikings semi-colonised the Vale of Glamorgan.[1] Alternatively, the name might derive (as with the similarly named Tuskar Rock, Ireland[2] and various other Tusker Rocks in the Bristol Channel and Milford Haven/Skomer area) simply from the Old Norse tu (large) skar (rock).

It is fully visible only at low tide, and was formerly a notorious hazard for ships.

Today, the waters around Tusker Rock are a popular diving location.

References

External links

• Virtual Tour at low tide
• Tusker Rock's shipwrecks graveyard captured in art project
• Map sources for Tusker Rock

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