Coordinates: 57°49′N 8°35′W / 57.817°N 8.583°W
Gaelic name | Hiort |
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Pronunciation | [hirˠʃt̪] (![]() |
Norse name | Possibly Skildir |
Meanin o name | Unkent, possibly Gaelic for "westland" |
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Location | |
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] |
St Kilda (Scots Gaelic: Hiort) is an isolatit airchipelago 64 kilometre (40 mi) wast-northwast o North Uist in the North Atlantic Ocean.
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