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Stac an Armin

Stac an Armin, based on the proper Scottish Gaelic spelling, is a sea stack in the archipelago. It is 196 metres tall, qualifying it as a Marilyn.
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  • Type: Islet
  • Description: sea stack in the St Kilda archipelago, Scotland
  • Also known as: “Stack an Armin”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Boreray and Stac Lee.

Island
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is an uninhabited in the archipelago in the North Atlantic.

Islet
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is a sea stack in the group off the west coast of . An island Marilyn, 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."…

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, which is situated 6 miles southwest of Stac an Armin.

Stac an Armin

Latitude
57.88053° or 57° 52′ 50″ north
Longitude
-8.49609° or 8° 29′ 46″ west
Open location code
9C9HVGJ3+6H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 25393138
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
2657057
Wiki­data ID
Q1639552
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Western Frisian—“Stac an Armin” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Stac an Armin”
  • Cebuano: “Stac an Armin”
  • Chinese: “阿明岩”
  • Dutch: “Stac an Armin”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ستاك ان ارمين”
  • French: “Stac an Armin”
  • German: “Stac an Armin”
  • Hausa: “Stac da Armin”
  • Irish: “Stac an Ármainn”
  • Irish: “Stac an Àrmainn”
  • Japanese: “スタック・アン・アーミン”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Stac an Armin”
  • Polish: “Stac an Armin”
  • Portuguese: “Stac an Armin”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Stac an Àrmainn”
  • Swedish: “Stac an Armin”
  • Western Frisian: “Stac an Armin”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Rudh Bhrisle and Gob na Tarnanach.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Mullach an Eilein and Stallar House.

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