Am Plastair

Am Plastair is a sea stack in the St Kilda archipelago, in the council area of the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. It is 42 metres tall and is situated to the north of the island of Soay.

Photo: Mary and Angus Hogg, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Soay and Cnoc Glas.

Soay

Island

Photo: Olaf1950, Public domain.

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.

Cnoc Glas

Peak

Photo: Andy Strangeway, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cnoc Glas is a peak.

Stac Biorach

Islet

Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

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.

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, which is situated 2 miles southeast of Am Plastair.

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.

Am Plastair

Type: Islet
Description: island in St Kilda, Scotland
Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
Location: Western Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

57.83355° or 57° 50′ 1″ north

Longitude

-8.64424° or 8° 38′ 39″ west

Open location code

9C9HR9M4+C8

OpenStreetMap ID

way 788981364

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

10056996

Wikidata ID

Q24679178

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Am Plastair” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Am Plastair”
Polish: “Am Plastair”
Swedish: “Am Plastair”

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