St Kilda

World Heritage

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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This spectacular volcanic archipelago, located off the coast of the Hebrides, consists of the islands of Hirta, Dun, Soai and Borea. It is home to Europe's highest cliffs, which are home to a large number of rare and endangered birds, especially puffins and gannets. The archipelago has not been inhabited since 1930, but the extreme climatic conditions of the Hebrides have been inhabited by humans for more than 2,000 years. The remains of human habitation include building structures and field systems, stone houses and traditional highland stone houses. These relics reflect the fragile remains of a subsistence economy based on bird products, agriculture and sheep farming.

A cleit above Village Bay

The St Kilda archipelago

The Mistress Stone

Dùn from Ruival with Stac Levenish in the background at left

The Street in 1886

The interior of the church at Oiseabhal, St Kilda

Launching the 'St Kilda mailboat'

1580 Carte of Scotlande showing Hyrth (i.e. Hirta) at left and Skaldar (Haskeir) to the north east...

Soay ram on Hirta

St Kildans paid some of their rent by collecting seabirds roping pegs – one of which can be seen in...

A Cleit (storage shed)

Cliff face silhouette on Stac Levenish

The Village Street showing restoration work

Boreray, Stac Lee, and Stac an Armin (left) from the heights of Conachair

The Feather Store, where fulmar and gannet feathers were kept, and sold to pay the rent

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image	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Saint%20Kilda%2020090611%20Hirta%20-%20Village%20Bay%20overview.jpg
executive body	St Kilda, Scotland
U.S. National Archives Identifier	10045622
office held by head of the organization	http://g.co/kg/m/013rtw
Commons category	St Kilda, Scotland
located in time zone	UTC±00:00
highest point	Conachair
coordinate location	Point(-8.5875 57.815)
located on terrain feature	Outer Hebrides
official website	http://www.kilda.org.uk
page banner	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/St%20Kilda%20Scotland%20banner%20View%20from%20Berneray.JPG
U.S. National Archives Identifier	10045622
start time	1986-01-01T00:00:00Z
native label	St Kilda
elevation above sea level	430
area	8.546
World Heritage criteria	World Heritage selection criterion (x)
World Heritage criteria	World Heritage selection criterion (v)
named as	St Kilda, Inverness Shire

located in the administrative territorial entity	Outer Hebrides
object has role	Jefferson County
located in the administrative territorial entity	Harris
object has role	Scottish civil parish
point in time	2004-01-01T00:00:00Z
series ordinal	1
point in time	2005-01-01T00:00:00Z
series ordinal	2
population	0
point in time	2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
described by source	The Nuttall Encyclopædia
stated as	Kilda, St.
named as	St Kilda
subject has role	island