Stac Levenish

Stac Levenish or Stac Leibhinis is a sea stack in the St Kilda archipelago in Scotland. Lying 2.5 kilometres off Village Bay on Hirta, it is part of the rim of an extinct volcano that includes Dùn, Ruaival and Mullach Sgar.

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Type: Islet
Description: island in Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
Also known as: “Leverish”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dùn and Oiseval.

Dùn

Island

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Dùn is an island in St Kilda, Scotland. It is nearly 1 mile long. Its name simply means "fort" in Scottish Gaelic, but the fort itself has been lost – old maps show it on Gob an Dùin, which is at the seaward end. Dùn is situated 2 miles west of Stac Levenish.

Oiseval

Peak

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Oiseval is a peak, which is situated 2 miles northwest of Stac Levenish.

Ruaival

Peak

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Ruaival is a peak, which is situated 2½ miles west of Stac Levenish.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St Kilda and Glen Mor.

St Kilda

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St Kilda is a small archipelago in the Atlantic, 40 miles west of the Outer Hebrides or Western Isles of Scotland, of which it's administratively part. Hirta is the main island, and there is no island called St Kilda.