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    Stac Lee

    Stac Lì

    57°52′N 8°31′W

    Stac Lee (Scottish Gaelic: Stac Lì) is a sea stack in the St Kilda group off the west coast of Scotland. An island Marilyn (a point with topographic prominence of at least 150 m), it is home to part of the world's largest colony of northern gannet.

    Boreray island with Stac An Armin and Stac Lee seen from Hirta St Kilda - taken during a trip to Scotland - taken by Thomas Fuhrmann, SnowmanStudios - see more pictures on / mehr Aufnahmen auf www.snowmanstudios.de
    Boreray island with Stac An Armin and Stac Lee seen from Hirta St Kilda - taken during a trip to Scotland - taken by Thomas Fuhrmann, SnowmanStudios - see more pictures on / mehr Aufnahmen auf www.snowmanstudios.de

    Thomas Fuhrmann / CC BY-SA 4.0

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    57°52′N 8°31′W

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    Stac Lee (Scottish Gaelic: Stac Lì) is a sea stack in the St Kilda group off the west coast of Scotland. An island Marilyn (a point with topographic prominence of at least 150 m), it is home to part of the world's largest colony of northern gannet. Martin Martin called the island "Stac-Ly" in 1698. Other sources call it "Stac Lii."

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    Nearest islands

    Also in St Kilda

    • Hirta

      6.3 km²▲ 430 m

      Major islands

    • Soay

      0.97 km²▲ 376 m

      Major islands

    • Boreray

      0.86 km²▲ 384 m

      Minor islands

    • Dùn

      0.31 km²▲ 178 m

      Minor islands

    Also in Outer Hebrides

    Also in Hebrides

    Also in British Isles

    Sources

    Facts

    • Geometry, areas and high points: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Copernicus GLO-30, via Talus.
    • Talus
    • Wikidata
    • Wikipedia

    Photographs