Information about Stac Levenish
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Stac Levenish cliff's face silhouette
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Dùn from Ruaival with Stac Levenish in the background at left.
Stac Levenish or Stac Leibhinis (sometimes simply called "Levenish/Leibhinis") is a sea stack in St Kilda, Scotland. It is just beyond Village Bay on Hirta and Dùn. It is part of the rim of an extinct volcano, and is 203 feet (62 metres) high.
The north cliff of the stack, has the profile of a face, when you are travelling to it from the main island.
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stack is a geological landform consisting of a steep and often vertical column or columns of rock in the sea near a coast. Stacks are formed when part of a headland is eroded, leaving a small island.
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Scottish Island of St Kilda
Location
OS grid reference: NF095995
Names
Gaelic or Celtic name: Hiort
Norse name: Possibly Skildir
Meaning of name: Unknown, possibly Gaelic for 'westland'.
Area and Summit
Area: 854.
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Location
OS grid reference: NF095995
Names
Gaelic or Celtic name: Hiort
Norse name: Possibly Skildir
Meaning of name: Unknown, possibly Gaelic for 'westland'.
Area and Summit
Area: 854.
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Hirta
Location
OS grid reference: NF092998
Names
Gaelic name: Hiort
Area and Summit
Area: 670 ha
Area rank (Scottish islands): 65
Highest elevation: 430 m
Population
Population (2001): abandoned in 1930
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Location
OS grid reference: NF092998
Names
Gaelic name: Hiort
Area and Summit
Area: 670 ha
Area rank (Scottish islands): 65
Highest elevation: 430 m
Population
Population (2001): abandoned in 1930
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Dùn (or "Dun" without the diacritic) is one of the St Kilda archipelago. It is nearly a mile long. Its name simply means "fort" in Scottish Gaelic (for more information, see "dun"), but the fort itself has been lost - old maps show it on Gob an Dùin ( NF109972 ), which is at the
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islands of Scotland, the mainland of which is part of the island of Great Britain. Also included are various other related tables and lists. The definition of an offshore island used in this list is that it is 'land that is surrounded by seawater on a daily basis, but not
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Scottish Island of St Kilda
Location
OS grid reference: NF095995
Names
Gaelic or Celtic name: Hiort
Norse name: Possibly Skildir
Meaning of name: Unknown, possibly Gaelic for 'westland'.
Area and Summit
Area: 854.
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Location
OS grid reference: NF095995
Names
Gaelic or Celtic name: Hiort
Norse name: Possibly Skildir
Meaning of name: Unknown, possibly Gaelic for 'westland'.
Area and Summit
Area: 854.
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- Not to be confused with Boreray, North Uist
Boreray (Scottish Gaelic language Boraraigh) is an uninhabited island in the St Kilda archipelago (British Isles, county Isle of Harris) in the North Atlantic, about 66 km (41 mi)
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Hirta
Location
OS grid reference: NF092998
Names
Gaelic name: Hiort
Area and Summit
Area: 670 ha
Area rank (Scottish islands): 65
Highest elevation: 430 m
Population
Population (2001): abandoned in 1930
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Location
OS grid reference: NF092998
Names
Gaelic name: Hiort
Area and Summit
Area: 670 ha
Area rank (Scottish islands): 65
Highest elevation: 430 m
Population
Population (2001): abandoned in 1930
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Soay, St Kilda
Location
OS grid reference: NA064014
Names
Gaelic name: Soaigh
Norse name: so-øy
Meaning of name: sheep island
Area and Summit
Area: 99 ha
Area rank (Scottish islands): 149
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Location
OS grid reference: NA064014
Names
Gaelic name: Soaigh
Norse name: so-øy
Meaning of name: sheep island
Area and Summit
Area: 99 ha
Area rank (Scottish islands): 149
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Stac an Armin ( NA151064 ) or Stac an Àrmainn (the proper Scottish Gaelic spelling, formerly à rmuinn), meaning "stack of the soldier/warrior". It is a sea stack in the St Kilda archipelago.
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Stac Biorach (Scottish Gaelic: "the pointed stack") is a sea stack, 73 m tall. between Hirta and Soay in the St Kilda archipelago of Scotland. It is next to Soay Stac
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History
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Stac Lee (Scottish Gaelic: Stac Liath, the grey stack; 172 metres, NA142049) is an island in St Kilda, Scotland that appears to be white because of gannet droppings. It is also a Marilyn.
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