Out Stack
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Out Stack ({{langx|sco|Ootsta}}) is an island in Shetland, and the northernmost point of Scotland, the United Kingdom, and the British Isles.
It lies {{convert|600|m|ft|abbr=on}} northeast of Muckle Flugga and {{convert|1+1/2|nmi|km|0|abbr=off}} 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".{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p034ntk8|title=BBC Scotland - Grand Tours of the Scottish Islands, Series 3, Northern Exposure: The North Isles and Out Stack, the former home of Britain's most northerly lighthouse keepers}} 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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/cool-lady-jane-franklin-polar-exploration|title=Lady Jane Franklin, the Woman Who Fueled 19th-Century Polar Exploration|date=23 February 2017|work=Atlas Obscura|access-date=17 September 2018|language=en}}
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.
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Category:Uninhabited islands of Shetland
Category:Extreme points of the United Kingdom
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