Boreray, St Kilda
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| Mullach an Eilein | |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 384 m (1259 ft) |
| Location | St Kilda, Scotland |
| Prominence | 384 m |
| Coordinates | |
| Topo map | OS Landranger 18 |
| OS grid reference | NA153053 |
| Listing | Marilyn |
Boreray (Scottish Gaelic language Boraraigh) is an uninhabited island in the St Kilda archipelago (British Isles, county Isle of Harris) in the North Atlantic, about 66 km west-north-west of North Uist. The National Trust for Scotland is the current owner. Boreray covers about 86.5 ha, and reaches a height of 384 m at Mullach an Eilein. Its cliffs are home for various seabirds. In 1959, 45,000 pairs of gannets were counted on Boreray and the two stacks. There are also over 130 different varieties of flowering plant on the island.
There are two sea stacks, vertical pillars of rock, just off Boreray. Stac An Armin, 400 m to the north, is the taller at 196 m high, while Stac Lee, 600 m to the west, is 172 m high.
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