Coordinates: 57°47′32″N 8°30′37″W / 57.79222°N 8.51028°W / 57.79222; -8.51028

Stac Levenish

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Stac Levenish
Scottish Gaelic nameStac Leibhinis
Stac Levenish cliff's face silhouette
Stac Levenish cliff's face silhouette
Location
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OS grid referenceNF133966
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Physical geography
Island groupSt Kilda
Area24,280 m2 (261,350 sq ft)
Highest elevation62 m (203 ft)
Administration
Council areaOuter Hebrides
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Lymphad
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File:St Kilda map with Gaelic.PNG
The St Kilda archipelago

Stac Levenish or Stac Leibhinis (sometimes simply called Levenish/Leibhinis) is a sea stack in the St Kilda archipelago in Scotland. Lying 2.5 kilometres (1+14 nautical miles) off Village Bay on Hirta, it is part of the rim of an extinct volcano that includes Dùn, Ruaival and Mullach Sgar.[2]

The stack is 62 metres (203 ft) high. Its north cliff appears to have the profile of a human face, visible when travelling to St Kilda from the east. The skerry of Na Bodhan lies to the north east.

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Dùn from Ruaival with Stac Levenish in the background at left.

The stack was climbed recreationally in the early 1900s; Norman Heathcote mentions a moderately difficult ascent in 1900, as part of a climbing expedition that also included an ascent of Stac Lee.[4]

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