Stac an Àrmainn with Boreray to the left and Stac Lee beyond at right

Stac an Armin (NA151064) or Stac an Àrmainn (the proper Scottish Gaelic spelling, formerly àrmuinn), meaning "stack of the soldier/warrior". It is a sea stack in the St Kilda archipelago. It is 196 metres tall, making it a Marilyn, and is also the highest sea stack in Scotland and the British Isles. ^[1][2] Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Boreray (Scottish Gaelic language Boraraigh) is an uninhabited island in the St Kilda archipelago (British Isles, county Isle of Harris) in the North Atlantic, about 66 km west-north-west of North Uist. ... Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig) is a member of the Goidelic branch of Celtic languages. ... Stack, near Old Harry Rocks Old Harry Rocks A stack is a geological landform consisting of a steep and often vertical column or columns of rock in the sea near a coast. ... St Kilda (Scottish Gaelic: ) is an isolated archipelago situated 64 kilometres (40 mi) west-northwest of North Uist in the North Atlantic Ocean. ... A Marilyn is a hill with a relative height of at least 150 metres, regardless of absolute height or other merit. ...

It is 400 m to the north of Boreray Boreray (Scottish Gaelic language Boraraigh) is an uninhabited island in the St Kilda archipelago (British Isles, county Isle of Harris) in the North Atlantic, about 66 km west-north-west of North Uist. ...

History and people

Mounted Great Auk, Natural History Museum, London

There are no fewer than 78 storage cleitean on Stac an Àrmainn and a small bothy, built by the St Kildans. The island was never inhabited, but was visited several times a year. The islanders used Stac an Àrmainn for harvesting gannets, which they would throw off a cliff into the boats below. Image File history File linksMetadata Greatauk-london. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Greatauk-london. ... For other similarly-named museums see Museum of Natural History. ... Bothy In the United Kingdom a bothy is a simple shelter, left unlocked and available for anyone to use without charge. ...

Martin Martin calls the island "Stack-Narmin". Martin Martin (?1699-1719) was a Scottish writer, he is best known for his work A Description of the Western Isles of Scotland (1695), particularly noted for its information on St Kilda. ...

It was here in July, 1840, that the last great auk seen in the British Isles was killed by two locals. Haswell-Smith claims that this was because they thought it was a witch. The last known specimens in the world, were killed a few years later either in Eldey, Iceland or off Newfoundland. Binomial name Pinguinus impennis (Linnaeus, 1758) The Great Auk (Pinguinus impennis, formerly Alca impennis) is an extinct bird. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Witchcraft. ... Eldey (Icelandic: Fire Island) is a small island about 10 miles off the coast of the Reykjanes peninsula, south west Iceland. ... For other uses, see Newfoundland (disambiguation). ...

Boreray with Stac an Àrmainn (left) and Stac Lee (right)

As a result of a smallpox outbreak on Hirta in 1727 three men and eight boys were marooned here until the following May. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Boreray (Scottish Gaelic language Boraraigh) is an uninhabited island in the St Kilda archipelago (British Isles, county Isle of Harris) in the North Atlantic, about 66 km west-north-west of North Uist. ... Smallpox (also known by the Latin names Variola or Variola vera) is a highly contagious disease unique to humans. ...

References

• The Scottish Islands - Haswell-Smith, Hamish