St Kilda, Scotland
(Reguidit frae St. Kilda, Scotland)
Coordinates: 57°49′N 8°35′W / 57.817°N 8.583°W
St Kilda (Scots Gaelic: Hiort) is an isolatit airchipelago 64 kilometre (40 mi) wast-northwast o North Uist in the North Atlantic Ocean.
| Gaelic name | Hiort |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | [hirˠʃt̪] ( listen) |
| Norse name | Possibly Skildir |
| Meanin o name | Unkent, possibly Gaelic for "westland" |
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| Location | |
  St Kilda St Kilda shawn within the Waster Isles | |
| OS grid reference | NF095995 |
| Coordinates | 57°48′N 8°36′W / 57.8°N 8.6°W |
| Physical geography | |
| Island group | St Kilda |
| Aurie | 854.6 ha |
| Heichest elevation | Conachair 430 m |
| Admeenistration | |
| Sovereign state | Unitit Kinrick |
| Kintra | Scotland |
| Cooncil aurie | Comhairle nan Eilean Siar |
| Demografics | |
| Population | No permanent population syne 1930 |
| Lairgest settlement | Am Baile (the Veelage) |
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| References | [1][2][3][4][5] |
| Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae St Kilda, Scotland. |
References
eedit- ↑ General Register Office for Scotland (28 November 2003). "Occasional Paper No 10: Statistics for Inhabited Islands" (PDF). Archived frae the original (PDF) on 27 August 2008. Retrieved 25 Julie 2007. Cite journal requires
|journal=(help) - ↑ Get-a-map Archived 2013-10-07 at the Wayback Machine "NF095995" Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 28 December 2007.
- ↑ Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. pp. 314–26. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
- ↑ "Protected Areas and World Heritage—St Kilda". Archived 2007-07-05 at Archive.today United Nations Environment Programme: World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Retrieved 18 March 2007.
- ↑ Mac an Tàilleir, Iain (2003) Ainmean-àite/Placenames. (pdf) Pàrlamaid na h-Alba. Retrieved 26 August 2012.