St Kilda (Scottish Gaelic: Hiort) is a remote archipelago situated 35 nautical miles (65 kilometres) west-northwest of North Uist in the North Atlantic Ocean.

Hirta (Scottish Gaelic: Hiort) is the largest island in the St Kilda archipelago, on the western edge of Scotland. The names Hiort (in Scottish Gaelic) and Hirta (historically in English) have also been …

In 1955 the UK Government decided to incorporate St Kilda into a missile-tracking range based in Benbecula, where test firings and flights are carried out. Thus in 1957 St Kilda became permanently …

The island is part of the St Kilda World Heritage Site and home to a primitive breed of sheep. Excluding Rockall, it is the westernmost point of the United Kingdom.

The most significant of these is the St Kilda archipelago [Note 2] which lies 64 kilometres (40 mi) west-northwest of North Uist and is now a World Heritage Site.

Scotland St Kilda, Scotland, archipelago in the north Atlantic off the west coast of the Scottish mainland St Kilda wren and St Kilda field mouse, endemic subspecies.

St Kilda is a small archipelago of Hebridean islands. It is northwest of the coast of Scotland. The islands are a UNESCO World Heritage Site. [3] St Kilda has large seabird colonies. The island has the …