North Stack
North Stack is a small island situated just off Holy Island on the north-west coast of Anglesey. The area has been an important location in the development of traditional climbing in Britain and has several notable classic, and also extreme, climbing routes.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include South Stack and Holyhead Mountain.
South Stack
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South Stack is an island connected by a bridge to Holy Island which is part of the island of Anglesey. It is also the name given to the land adjacent to the island.
Holyhead Mountain
Peak
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Holyhead Mountain is the highest point on Holy Island, Anglesey, and in the county of Anglesey, north Wales. It lies about two miles west of the town of Holyhead, and slopes steeply down to the Irish Sea on two sides.
South Stack Lighthouse
Lighthouse
The South Stack Lighthouse is built on the summit of a small island off the north-west coast of Holy Island, Anglesey, Wales. It was built in 1809 to warn ships of the dangerous rocks below.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Porth-y-Felin and Penrhosfeilw.
Porth-y-Felin
Suburb
Porth-y-Felin is an area of Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey, Wales, which is 141 miles from Cardiff and 227.4 miles from London. Porth-y-Felin is situated 2 miles east of North Stack.
Penrhosfeilw
Village
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Penrhosfeilw is a village in the community of Trearddur, Anglesey, Wales, which is 140.1 miles from Cardiff and 227.5 miles from London. Penrhosfeilw is situated 2 miles south of North Stack.
Holyhead
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Holyhead is a small port town on Holy Island, which is narrowly separated from the larger island of Anglesey, in northwest Wales. There are many things to see such as a prehistoric village on Holyhead Mountain, South Stack Lighthouse and Holyhead Breakwater Country Park.
North Stack
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.32236° or 53° 19′ 21″ northLongitude
-4.6836° or 4° 41′ 1″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
9C5Q88C8+WHOpenStreetMap ID
way 2988683OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
2641256Wikidata ID
Q7056816
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“North Stack” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نورث استك (تريرددور)”
- Arabic: “نورث استك”
- Arabic: “نورث ستك”
- Breton: “Ynys Arw”
- Cebuano: “North Stack”
- Dutch: “North Stack”
- French: “North Stack”
- German: “North Stack”
- Livvi: “Ynys Arw”
- Northern Sami: “Ynys Arw”
- Swedish: “North Stack”
- Welsh: “Ynys Arw”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “North Stack”. Photo: Monsyn, CC BY-SA 4.0.