Stac Levenish

Stac Levenish or Stac Leibhinis (sometimes simply called Levenish/Leibhinis) is a sea stack in the St Kilda archipelago in Scotland. Lying 2.5 kilometres (1+1⁄4 nautical miles) off Village Bay on Hirta, it is part of the rim of an extinct volcano that includes Dùn, Ruaival and Mullach Sgar.^[2]

Stac Levenish

Scottish Gaelic name	Stac Leibhinis
Stac Levenish cliff's face silhouette
Location
Stac Levenish Stac Levenish shown within the Outer Hebrides
OS grid reference	NF133966
Coordinates	57.792°N 8.510°W / 57.792; -8.510
Physical geography
Island group	St Kilda
Area	24,280 m2 (261,350 sq ft)
Highest elevation	62 m (203 ft)
Administration
Council area	Outer Hebrides
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
References	[1][2][3]

The St Kilda archipelago

The stack is 62 metres (203 ft) high. Its north cliff appears to have the profile of a human face, visible when travelling to St Kilda from the east. The skerry of Na Bodhan lies to the north east.

Dùn from Ruaival with Stac Levenish in the background at left.

The stack was climbed recreationally in the early 1900s; Norman Heathcote mentions a moderately difficult ascent in 1900, as part of a climbing expedition that also included an ascent of Stac Lee.^[4]

See also

• List of outlying islands of Scotland
• Pareidolia