Out Stack

Out Stack
Location
Out Stack
Out Stack shown within Scotland
OS grid reference HP612202
Coordinates 60°51′37″N 0°52′27″W / 60.8603°N 0.8741°W / 60.8603; -0.8741
Physical geography
Island group Shetland
Highest elevation 27 m (89 ft)
Administration
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Country Scotland
Council area Shetland Islands
Demographics
Population 0

Out Stack or Ootsta in Shetland, Scotland, is the northernmost point of the British Isles and has been described as "the full stop at the end of Britain".

Out Stack

It lies immediately 600 m northeast of Muckle Flugga and 1.8 miles (2.9 km) north of the island of Unst.

It is one of the North Isles of the Shetland Islands and lies within the Hermaness National Nature Reserve.

It is uninhabited and there is no landfall directly to the north.

Description

Out Stack is little more than a rocky outcrop, and is uninhabited. It has been described as "the full stop at the end of Britain". Travellers would not encounter any further land masses between Out Stack and the North Pole if heading directly north.

Lady Franklin

Lady Franklin, the wife of the Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin, landed on Out Stack after John Rae's reports of the fate of the Franklin expedition had reached Stromness, Orkney, where she lived, in 1853/54.[1]

Hermaness National Nature Reserve

Out Stack

The Hermaness National Nature Reserve covers the Muckle Flugga rocks and Out Stack, as well as the seabird cliffs and moorland of Hermaness.

References

  1. ↑ "Lady Jane Franklin, the Woman Who Fueled 19th-Century Polar Exploration". Atlas Obscura. 2017-02-23. Retrieved 2018-09-17.

Coordinates: 60°51′37″N 0°52′27″W / 60.8603°N 0.8741°W / 60.8603; -0.8741


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