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    Stac Levenish

    Stac Leibhinis

    57°48′N 8°31′W

    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.

    Stac Levenish (left), Dùn (right) and Loch Hiort from Hirta, St Kilda
    Stac Levenish (left), Dùn (right) and Loch Hiort from Hirta, St Kilda

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    57°48′N 8°31′W

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    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. 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.

    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.

    There is another smaller and unnamed rock on Stac Levenish's south-west. It is visible on Google Maps.

    From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

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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

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