Stac Levenish
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| Stac Levenish | |
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 Stac Levenish
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| Stac Levenish shown within the Outer Hebrides | |
| OS grid reference | NF133966 |
| Names | |
| Gaelic name | Stac Leibhinis |
| Area and summit | |
| Area | 24,280 m2 (261,350 sq ft) |
| Highest elevation | 62 m (203 ft) |
| Population | |
| Population | 0 |
| Groupings | |
| Island group | St Kilda |
| Local Authority | Outer Hebrides |
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| References | [1][2][3] |
| If shown, area and population ranks are for all Scottish islands and all inhabited Scottish islands respectively. Population data is from 2001 census. | |
Stac Levenish or Stac Leibhinis (sometimes simply called "Levenish/Leibhinis") is a sea stack in the St Kilda archipelago in Scotland. Lying 2½ km off Village Bay on Hirta, it is part of the rim of an extinct volcano that includes Dùn, Ruaival and Mullach Sgar.[2]
The stack is 62 m (203 ft) high. Its north cliff appears to have the profile of a face, visible when traveling to St Kilda from the east. The skerry of Na Bodhan lies to the north east.
The stack was climbed recreationally in the early 1900s; Norman Heathcote mentions a moderately difficult ascent in 1900, as part of a climbing expedition that also included an ascent of Stac Lee.[4]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ 2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland
- ^ a b Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
- ^ Ordnance Survey
- ^ Heathcote, Norman (1900/1901). "Climbing in St Kilda". Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal (Scottish Mountaineering Club) 6: 146–151. http://books.google.com/?id=LhZB5an6mnwC. Retrieved 2009-02-08.
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Coordinates: 57°47′32″N 8°30′37″W / 57.79222°N 8.51028°W
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