A view of the St Kilda island archipelago from North Uist at sunset
A view of the St Kilda archipelago, Outer Hebrides, Scotland from the island of North Uist. St Kilda (Scottish Gaelic: Hiort) is an isolated archipelago 64 kilometres (40 mi) west-northwest of North Uist in the North Atlantic Ocean. It contains the westernmost islands of the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. [6] The largest island is Hirta, whose sea cliffs are the highest in the United Kingdom, and three other islands (Dùn, Soay and Boreray) were also used for grazing and seabird hunting. St Kilda may have been permanently inhabited for at least two millennia, the population probably never exceeding 180 (and certainly no more than 100 after 1851). The entire remaining population was evacuated from Hirta (the only inhabited island) in 1930. Currently, the only year-round residents are defence personnel; a variety of conservation workers, volunteers and scientists spend time there in the summer months.
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Location: St Kilda / North Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom
Photo credit: © Kit Day / Alamy / Afripics
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