Out stack

Out stack
Overview: Yell, Unst and Fetlar, complete map here
Waters	North Sea
Archipelago	The Holms of Burra Firth, Shetland Islands
Geographical location	60 ° 51 '37.1 "  N , 0 ° 52' 26.8"  W Coordinates: 60 ° 51 '37.1 "  N , 0 ° 52' 26.8"  W.
length	185 m
width	130 m
surface	1.5 ha
Highest elevation	27  m
Residents	uninhabited
The Out Stack of Muckle Flugga seen from

Out Stack seen from the north; on the right in the background the lighthouse of Muckle Flugga

Out Stack , also called Ootsta , is a small, uninhabited rock island (" Stack ") in the north of the Scottish Shetland Islands . It is located about 600 meters northeast of Muckle Flugga and 1.8 km north of the northern tip of Unst , the northernmost inhabited island of Shetland. Like Muckle Flugga, it belongs to the group The Holms of Burra Firth . The out stack , measuring around 130 × 185 meters, represents the northernmost land mass in the United Kingdom .

In 1849 Jane Griffin , the wife of polar explorer Sir John Franklin , is said to have landed on Out Stack in order to be as close as possible to her husband, who was missing at the time , and to pray for him.

The island is a breeding area for numerous seabirds and is therefore part of the Hermaness National Nature Reserve .

Web links

Commons : Out Stack  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Another photo of Out Stack (English)