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St Kilda

archipelago in Outer Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Summary

St Kilda is an archipelago[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of archipelago entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,318 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Harris[3], Outer Hebrides[4]
  • Country: United Kingdom[5]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Atlantic Ocean[6]
  • Owned by: National Trust for Scotland[7]
  • Operator: National Trust for Scotland[8]
  • Commons category: St Kilda, Scotland[9]
  • Located in time zone: UTC±00:00[10]
  • Highest point: Conachair[11]
  • Located in/on physical feature: Outer Hebrides[12]
  • Significant event: UNESCO World Heritage Site record modification[13]
  • IUCN protected areas category: IUCN category IV: Habitat/Species Management Area[14]
  • Topic's main category: Category:St Kilda, Scotland[15]
  • Described at URL: https://www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/st-kilda[16], https://www.visitscotland.com/things-to-do/unesco-trail/designations/st-kilda[17], https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/387/[18], https://www.placemania.sk/svetova-zaujimavost/kraj-sveta/[19]
  • Population: 0[20]
  • Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[21], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[22]
  • Heritage designation: World Heritage Site[23]
  • Native label: St Kilda[24]
  • Elevation above sea level: 430 m[25]
  • Area: 8.546 km²[26]
  • World Heritage criteria: (iii)[27], (v)[28], (vii)[29], (ix)[30], (x)[31]
  • Historic county: Inverness-shire[32]

Why It Matters

St Kilda has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . whc.unesco.org. Retrieved . whc.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . whc.unesco.org. Retrieved . whc.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . whc.unesco.org. Retrieved . whc.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . whc.unesco.org. Retrieved . whc.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . whc.unesco.org. Retrieved . whc.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . whc.unesco.org. Retrieved . whc.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . whc.unesco.org. Retrieved . whc.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22w ago · Jarkn · 2026-05-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:St Kilda, Scotland
    Located in or next to body of water → Atlantic Ocean
    Country → United Kingdom
    Instance of → —
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Described at url: https://www.placemania.sk/svetova-zaujimavost/kraj-sveta/, Removing PlaceMania.sk P973 link added by me after COI/spam concern; see User talk:Jarkn an"
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