Stac Biorach

Stac Biorach is a sea stack, 73 metres tall, situated in the Sound of Soay between the islands of Hirta and Soay in the St Kilda archipelago of Scotland.

Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Stac Shoaigh and Stac Dona.

Stac Shoaigh

Islet

Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stac Shoaigh is a sea stack situated in the St Kilda Archipelago. It is positioned east of the taller Stac Biorach in the small channel separating Hirta and Soay.

Stac Dona

Islet

Photo: Russel Wills, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Stac Dona is a sea stack in the St Kilda archipelago, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. It is between the islands of Hirta and Soay and has a height of 27 meters.

Soay is an uninhabited islet in the St Kilda archipelago, Scotland. The name is from Old Norse Sauðey, meaning "island of sheep". The island is part of the St Kilda World Heritage Site and home to a primitive breed of sheep.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Glen Mor and St Kilda.

Glen Mor

Locality

Photo: Ian Thomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Glen Mor is a locality.

St Kilda

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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.

Stac Biorach

Type: Islet
Description: rock formation in Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK
Categories: rock formation, coastline, locality, and landform
Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.82819° or 57° 49′ 42″ north

Longitude

-8.62214° or 8° 37′ 20″ west

Open location code

9C9HR9HH+74

OpenStreetMap ID

way 788981365

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

10056990

Wikidata ID

Q3778175

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Stac Biorach” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Stac Biorach”
Hausa: “Stac Biorach”
Irish: “Stac Biorach”
Polish: “Stac Biorach”
Scottish Gaelic: “Stac Biorach”
Swedish: “Stac Biorach”

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