Out Stack

Out Stack (Scots: Ootsta) is an island in Shetland, and the northernmost point of Scotland, the United Kingdom, and the British Isles.

Out Stack

Location
Out Stack Out Stack shown within Scotland
OS grid reference	HP612202
Coordinates	60.8603°N 0.8741°W / 60.8603; -0.8741
Physical geography
Island group	Shetland
Highest elevation	27 m (89 ft)
Administration
Council area	Shetland Islands
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Demographics
Population	0

It lies 600 m (2,000 ft) northeast of Muckle Flugga and 1+1⁄2 nautical miles (3 kilometres) north of the island of Unst.

It is one of the North Isles of the Shetland Islands and lies within the Hermaness National Nature Reserve.

It is uninhabited and there is no landfall directly to the north.

Description

Out Stack is little more than a rocky outcrop, and is uninhabited. It has been described as "the full stop at the end of Britain".^[1] Travellers would not encounter any further land masses between Out Stack and the North Pole if heading directly north.

Jane Franklin

Jane Franklin, the wife of the Arctic explorer John Franklin, landed on Out Stack after John Rae's reports of the fate of the Franklin expedition had reached Stromness, Orkney, where she lived, in 1853/54.^[2]

Hermaness National Nature Reserve

The Hermaness National Nature Reserve covers the Muckle Flugga rocks and Out Stack, as well as the seabird cliffs and moorland of Hermaness.