St Kilda

St Kilda
a group of four islands off the west coast of Scotland, at the most western point in Britain. Nobody has lived there since 1930. Their high mountains and cliffs are the home of many different sea birds. St Kilda became a World Heritage Site in 1986.

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  • Kilda, St. — St Kilda ist die westlichste der Hebriden Inseln im Westen von Schottland. Nach Bruzen (IX. 1775) hat sie auch den Namen Hirt, aber es wird nirgends gesagt, nach welchem Heiligen sie benannt ist. † …   Vollständiges Heiligen-Lexikon

  • KILDA, ST. —    a lonely island in the Atlantic, 60 m. W. of Harris, 3 m. long by 2 broad, with a precipitous coast and a few poor inhabitants, who live by fishing and fowling …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

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