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An area of seabed with a rocky reef gouged by icebergs at the end of the last ice age is to be given Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) status.
Wyville Thomson Ridge 180km north of Lewis has "plough marks" thought to have been left by massive blocks of ice.
North-west Rockall Bank about 330km west of St Kilda is also being given the designation.
The protection has been announced by the Scottish government.
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