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'''Out Stack''' ({{langx|sco|Ootsta}}) is an island in [[Shetland]], and the [[Extreme points of the United Kingdom|northernmost]] point of [[Scotland]], the [[United Kingdom]], and the [[British Isles]].<br />
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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]].<br />
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It is one of the [[North Isles]] of the Shetland Islands and lies within the [[Hermaness]] [[National Nature Reserve]].<br />
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It is uninhabited and there is no landfall directly to the north.<br />
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==Description==<br />
Out Stack is little more than a rocky [[outcrop]], and is uninhabited. It has been described as "the [[full stop]] at the end of [[Great Britain|Britain]]".<ref>{{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}}</ref> Travellers would not encounter any further land masses between Out Stack and the [[North Pole]] if heading directly north.<br />
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==Jane Franklin==<br />
[[Jane Franklin]], the wife of the [[Arctic]] explorer [[John Franklin]], landed on Out Stack after [[John Rae (explorer)|John Rae]]'s reports of the fate of the Franklin expedition had reached [[Stromness]], [[Orkney]], where she lived, in 1853/54.<ref>{{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}}</ref><br />
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==Hermaness National Nature Reserve==<br />
The Hermaness National Nature Reserve covers the Muckle Flugga rocks and Out Stack, as well as the seabird cliffs and moorland of [[Hermaness]].<br />
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[[File:Haroldswick, view towards Muckle Flugga and Out Stack from Saxa Vord - geograph.org.uk - 2632639.jpg|alt=View towards Muckle Flugga and Out Stack from Saxa Vord. Out Stack is the one in the centre (the white shape on right is a ship).|thumb|View towards Muckle Flugga and Out Stack from Saxa Vord. Out Stack is the one in the centre (the white shape on right is a ship).]]<br />
[[File:Out Stack - Scotland's most northerly point and the full stop of the U.K. - geograph.org.uk - 1462941.jpg|alt=View from Out Stack towards Muckle Flugga.|thumb|View from Out Stack towards Muckle Flugga.]]<br />
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[[Category:Stacks of Scotland]]<br />
[[Category:Uninhabited islands of Shetland]]<br />
[[Category:Unst]]<br />
[[Category:Extreme points of the United Kingdom]]<br />
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