Stac an Armin (Scottish Gaelic: Stac an Àrmainn), based on the proper Scottish Gaelic spelling (formerly àrmuinn), is a sea stack in the St Kilda archipelago. It is 196 metres (643 ft.) tall, qualifying it as a Marilyn.[4] It is the highest sea stack in Scotland and the British Isles.[5][6][7]
The name Stac an Armin means stack of the soldier/warrior, and evidence remains showing it was used by people living nearby as a hunting grounds. It is not believed to have been inhabited year round, but has hosted some (involuntary) extended stays. Climbing the rocks was once done to collect eggs and has continued in the form of recreational sport. The island was once home to the now extinct great auk, and rules exist to protect the bird habitats and breeding grounds.
Stac an Armin is 400 metres (¼ mi) north of Boreray and near the 172-metre-high (564 ft) Stac Lee. Stac an Armin is separated from Boreray by a channel "so littered with rocks" that it should not be sailed,[8] though sailors write passionately about the views.[9]
Stac an Armin with Boreray to the left and Stac Lee beyond at right
^2001 UK Census per List of islands of Scotland.
^Haswell-Smith 2004, p. 325.
^Ordnance Survey.
^"St Kilda Management Plan Review". The Scottish Mountaineer. Mountaineering Council of Scotland. 2002. Retrieved 5 February 2009.
^"Corrections and clarifications". The Guardian. 16 April 2007. Retrieved 5 February 2009.
^Dawson, Alan (1992). Relative Hills of Britain. Cicerone Press. p. 109. ISBN 978-1-85284-068-6.
^The National Trust for Scotland has 191 m. "St Kilda: Fascinating Facts". St Kilda - National Trust for Scotland World Heritage Site. National Trust for Scotland. Retrieved 5 February 2009.
^Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2000). An Island Odyssey: Among the Scottish Isles in the Wake of Martin Martin. Canongate U.S. p. 87. ISBN 978-1-84195-082-2.
^Nicolson, Adam (2005). Seamanship: A Voyage Along the Wild Coasts of the British Isles. HarperCollins. p. 134. ISBN 978-0-06-075342-9.
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