Stac Levenish

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Stac Levenish
Scottish Gaelic nameStac Leibhinis
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Stac Levenish cliff's face silhouette
Location
Outer Hebrides UK relief location map.jpg
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Stac Levenish
Stac Levenish shown within the Outer Hebrides
OS grid reference NF133966
Coordinates 57°47′31″N8°30′36″W / 57.792°N 8.510°W / 57.792; -8.510
Physical geography
Island group St Kilda
Area24,280 m2 (261,350 sq ft)
Highest elevation62 m (203 ft)
Administration
Council area Outer Hebrides
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
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References [1] [2] [3]
The St Kilda archipelago St Kilda map with Gaelic.PNG
The St Kilda archipelago

Stac Levenish or Stac Leibhinis (sometimes simply called Levenish/Leibhinis) is a sea stack in the St Kilda archipelago in Scotland. Lying 2.5 kilometres (1+1⁄4 nautical miles) off Village Bay on Hirta, it is part of the rim of an extinct volcano that includes Dùn, Ruaival and Mullach Sgar. [2]

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The stack is 62 metres (203 ft) high. Its north cliff appears to have the profile of a human face, visible when travelling to St Kilda from the east. The skerry of Na Bodhan lies to the north east.

Dun from Ruaival with Stac Levenish in the background at left. Dun, St Kilda.jpg
Dùn from Ruaival with Stac Levenish in the background at left.

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]

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References

  1. ↑ National Records of Scotland (15 August 2013). "Appendix 2: Population and households on Scotland's Inhabited Islands" (PDF). Statistical Bulletin: 2011 Census: First Results on Population and Household Estimates for Scotland Release 1C (Part Two) (PDF) (Report). SG/2013/126. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  2. 1 2 Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN   978-1-84195-454-7.
  3. ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 18 Sound of Harris (North Uist, Taransay & St Kilda) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2008. ISBN   9780319231272.
  4. ↑ Heathcote, Norman (1901). "Climbing in St Kilda". Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal. 6. Scottish Mountaineering Club: 146–151. Retrieved 8 February 2009.

57°47′32″N8°30′37″W / 57.79222°N 8.51028°W / 57.79222; -8.51028


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