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Stac Biorach, the Glossary

Stac Biorach (Scottish Gaelic: "sharply pointed stack") is a sea stack, tall, situated in the Sound of Soay between the islands of Hirta and Soay in the St Kilda archipelago of Scotland.^[1]

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Landforms of the Outer Hebrides
Stacks of Scotland

Alpine climbing

Alpine climbing (Alpinklettern) is a type of mountaineering that involves using any of a broad range of advanced climbing skills, including rock climbing, ice climbing, and/or mixed climbing, to summit typically large routes (e.g. multi-pitch or big wall) in an alpine environment.

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Alpine Journal

The Alpine Journal (AJ) is an annual publication by the Alpine Club of London.

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Archipelago

An archipelago, sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster, or collection of islands, or sometimes a sea containing a small number of scattered islands.

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Charles Barrington (mountaineer)

Charles Barrington (1834 – 20 April 1901), an Irishman from Fassaroe, Bray County Wicklow, was a merchant with little or no mountaineering experience who led the first team to successfully climb the Eiger on 11 August 1858.

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Comhairle nan Eilean Siar

paren) is the local government council for Na h-Eileanan Siar (the Outer Hebrides) council area of Scotland. It is based in Stornoway in the Isle of Lewis.

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Common murre

The common murre, also called the common guillemot or foolish guillemot, (Uria aalge) is a large auk.

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Hirta

Hirta (Hiort) is the largest island in the St Kilda archipelago, on the western edge of Scotland.

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List of outlying islands of Scotland

The outlying islands of Scotland are not part of the larger archipelagos and island groups of Scotland—the Hebrides, the Northern Isles or the Islands of the Forth and Clyde estuaries.

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List of sea stacks in Scotland

This is a list of stacks in Scotland that are surrounded by the sea at high tide. Stac Biorach and list of sea stacks in Scotland are stacks of Scotland.

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List of World Heritage Sites in Scotland

World Heritage Sites in Scotland are locations that have been included in the UNESCO World Heritage Programme list of sites of outstanding cultural or natural importance to the common heritage of humankind.

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Martin Martin

Martin Martin (Scottish Gaelic: Màrtainn MacGilleMhàrtainn) (-9 October 1718) was a Scottish writer best known for his work A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland (1703; second edition 1716).

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Mountaineering

Mountaineering, mountain climbing, or alpinism is a set of outdoor activities that involves ascending mountains.

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National nature reserve (Scotland)

The national nature reserves (NNRs) of Scotland are areas of land or water designated under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 as containing habitats and species of national importance.

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National Trust for Scotland

The National Trust for Scotland (Urras Nàiseanta na h-Alba) is a Scottish conservation organisation.

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Richard Barrington (naturalist)

Richard Manliffe Barrington (Fassaroe near Bray, 1849 – Dublin, 15 September 1915) was an Irish naturalist.

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Robert Moray

Sir Robert Moray (alternative spellings: Murrey, Murray) FRS (1608 or 1609 – 4 July 1673) was a Scottish soldier, statesman, diplomat, judge, spy, and natural philosopher.

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Royal Society

The Royal Society, formally The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, is a learned society and the United Kingdom's national academy of sciences.

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Scotland

Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Scottish Gaelic

Scottish Gaelic (endonym: Gàidhlig), also known as Scots Gaelic or simply Gaelic, is a Goidelic language (in the Celtic branch of the Indo-European language family) native to the Gaels of Scotland.

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Scottish Mountaineering Club

Established in 1889, the Scottish Mountaineering Club is a club for climbing and mountaineering in Scotland.

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Seabird

Seabirds (also known as marine birds) are birds that are adapted to life within the marine environment.

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Soay, St Kilda

Soay (Soaigh) is an uninhabited islet in the St Kilda archipelago, Scotland.

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St Kilda, Scotland

St Kilda (Hiort) is a remote archipelago situated west-northwest of North Uist in the North Atlantic Ocean.

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Stack (geology)

A stack or sea stack is a geological landform consisting of a steep and often vertical column or columns of rock in the sea near a coast, formed by wave erosion.

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Thumb

The thumb is the first digit of the hand, next to the index finger.

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UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; pronounced) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.

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World Heritage Site

World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection by an international convention administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stac_Biorach

Also known as Stac Biorrach.