Stac Lee
| Meaning of name | "ly": shelter |
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 Stac Lee
Stac Lee shown within the Outer Hebrides
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| OS grid reference | NA142049 |
| Coordinates | 57°52′03″N 8°30′06″W / 57.8675°N 8.501667°W |
| Physical geography | |
| Island group | St Kilda |
| Area | 2.3 ha (6 acres) |
| Highest elevation | 172 m (564 ft) |
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Country | Scotland |
| Council area | Outer Hebrides |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 0 |
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Stac Lee (Scottish Gaelic: Stac Lì) is a sea stack in the St Kilda group, Scotland. An island Marilyn (a point with topographic prominence of at least 150m), it is home to part of the world's largest colony of northern gannet.
Martin Martin called the island "Stac-Ly"; other sources call it "Stac Lii."
Stac Lee is located in the North Atlantic and forms part of the St Kilda archipelago of the Outer Hebrides. Lying in the north east of the St Kilda group, Stac Lee is around 7 km (4 mi) north east of Hirta, the main island, and 550 m (600 yards) west of the west cape of the island of Boreray.
Administratively, Stac Lee is part of the Na h-Eileanan Siar.
Stac Lee is a precipitous sea stack, i.e. a detached escarpment, 172 metres (564 ft) high. Other sources give an altitude of 165 metres (541 ft), or 220 metres (722 ft) above the sea bed. Having a prominence greater than 150 metres (492 ft), it is a Marilyn; its summit was reached by six, including Marilyn baggers and supporting rock climbers, on 13 October 2014. There were more ascents in October 2015.
Along with his sister Evelyn, Norman Heathcote climbed the stack in 1899 and wrote about it in his book St Kilda and in a climbing journal. He said that it was "comparatively easy" to climb although getting ashore onto the stack was "a most appalling undertaking" involving jumping ashore and climbing an overhanging cliff covered in slippery seaweed to a stanchion 20 feet (6.1 m) above sea level.
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