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Dùn

Dùn is an island in , 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.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island of St Kilda, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Dun”, “Dùn, St Kilda”, and “Dune”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Stac Levenish and Ruaival.

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

Peak
Photo: M J Richardson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a peak.

Peak
Photo: Des Colhoun, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a peak.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St Kilda and Glen Mor.

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a small archipelago in the Atlantic, 40 miles west of the or Western Isles of Scotland, of which it's administratively part. Hirta is the main island, and there is no island called .

Locality
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is a locality.

Dùn

Latitude
57.79686° or 57° 47′ 49″ north
Longitude
-8.56192° or 8° 33′ 43″ west
Elevation
102 feet (31 metres)
Open location code
9C9HQCWQ+P6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 28218749
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
2650790
Wiki­data ID
Q1271573
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Wolof—“Dùn” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Dùn”
  • Cebuano: “Dun”
  • Cebuano: “Dùn”
  • Dutch: “Dun (eiland)”
  • Dutch: “Dùn”
  • French: “Dùn”
  • German: “Dùn”
  • Hausa: “Dùn”
  • Irish: “Dùn, Hiort”
  • Irish: “Dún”
  • Irish: “Dùn”
  • Italian: “Dùn”
  • Polish: “Dùn”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Dùn, Hiort”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Dùn”
  • Swedish: “Dùn”
  • Western Frisian: “Dùn”
  • Wolof: “Dùn”

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