Boreray, St Kilda
| Gaelic name | Boraraigh |
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| Meaning of name | "Fort island", from Norse |
| Location | |
 Boreray
Boreray shown within the Outer Hebrides
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| OS grid reference | NA153053 |
| Coordinates | 57°52′N 8°30′W / 57.87°N 8.5°W |
| Physical geography | |
| Island group | St Kilda |
| Area | 86 ha (0.33 sq mi) |
| Area rank | 155= |
| Highest elevation | Mullach an Eilein 384 m (1,260 ft) |
| Administration | |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Country | Scotland |
| Council area | Na h-Eileanan Siar |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
| Population rank | 0 |
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| Mullach an Eilein | |
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 384 m (1,260 ft) |
| Prominence | 384 m (1,260 ft) |
| Listing | Marilyn |
| Coordinates | 57°52′11″N 08°29′26″W / 57.86972°N 8.49056°W |
| Naming | |
| Translation | Top/upper part of the island (Scottish Gaelic) |
| Pronunciation | Scottish Gaelic: [ˈmul̪ˠəx ən̪ˠ ˈjeʎɛɲ] |
| Geography | |
| Location | St Kilda, Scotland |
| OS grid | NA153053 |
| Topo map | OS Landranger 18 |
Boreray (Scottish Gaelic: Boraraigh, pronounced [pɔrˠarˠɤi]) is an uninhabited island in the St Kilda archipelago in the North Atlantic.
Boreray lies about 66 km (41 mi) west-north-west of North Uist. It covers about 77 hectares (0.30 sq mi), and reaches a height of 384 metres (1,260 ft) at Mullach an Eilein.
Boreray is formed of a breccia of gabbro and dolerites.
There are two sea stacks, vertical pillars of rock, just off Boreray. Stac An Armin, (¼ mi) to the north, is the taller at 196 metres (643 ft) high, while Stac Lee, 600 m (660 yards) to the west, is 172 metres (564 ft) high.
Boreray is the smallest of the Scottish islands to have a summit over one thousand feet.
Boreray has the Cleitean MacPhàidein, a "cleit village" of three small bothies used on a regular basis during fowling expeditions from Hirta. As a result of a smallpox outbreak on Hirta in 1727, three men and eight boys were marooned on Stac an Armin off the coast of Boreray until the following May.
There are also ruins of Taigh Stallar (the steward's house). The local tradition was that it was built by the "Man of the Rocks", who led a rebellion against the landlord's steward. It may be an example of an Iron Age wheelhouse and the associated remains of an agricultural field system and two additional possible settlement mounds were discovered in 2011.RCAHMS surveyor Ian Parker said:
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