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Stac Lee, Boreray, and Soay, St Kilda
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Stac Lee, Boreray, and Soay, St Kilda, with the MV Louisa from Stornoway showing the enormous scale of the cliffs.
24 June 2011
Stac Lee, Boreray, St Kilda
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Stac Lee, Boreray, St Kilda, with the Gannet colony, and showing the short distance from Hirta to Soay.
24 June 2011
MV Louisa fishing boat with Hirta, St Kilda
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MV Louisa fishing boat from Stornoway, with Hirta from the Dun, Oisebhal, the Gap, Conachair, to Soay, behind the boat.
24 June 2011
An Campar and Soay, St Kilda
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An Campar, (the most north-westerly point of Hirta) and Soay, St Kilda.
24 June 2011
St Kilda from MV Lochlann
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The Gap, Conachair, Hirta and the north end of Soay, St Kilda from MV Lochlann
24 June 2011
Soay Sheep, Hirta, St Kilda
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Soay Sheep, a breed of domestic sheep (Ovis aries) descended from feral sheep on Soay. They are native to the St Kilda, where there are about 1500 of them. They are small and sure-footed, have amazing agility on the cliffs and are difficult to catch.
24 June 2011
Soay, the most westerly island of the St Kilda archipelago
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Soay, the most westerly island of the St Kilda archipelago, showing the gap to Hirta on the left.
24 June 2011
Boreray, Stac Lee and Stac an Armin, St Kilda
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Boreray, Stac Lee, Stac an Armin, Hirta and Soay, St Kilda. The white area on Stac an Armin is the Gannet colony (Morus bassanus).
24 June 2011
Boreray, Stac Lee and Stac an Armin, St Kilda
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leaving St Kilda, with Boreray, Stac Lee, Stac an Armin, Hirta and Soay, St Kilda.
24 June 2011
First glimpse of Boreray, St Kilda from MV Lochlann
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First glimpse of Boreray and Stac an Armin, St Kilda from Seatrek's MV Lochlann, the angle of the boat being not only a reflection of how fast she was going (17 or 18 knots), but also showing the use of a telephoto lens which exaggerates the angle.
