Hertha ( eng. Hirta , Gael. Hiort ) - the largest island of the archipelago of St. Kilda in the far west of Scotland .
| Hirta | |
|---|---|
| English Hirta , Gaelic. Hiort | |
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| Specifications | |
| Square | 6.7 km² |
| Highest point | 430 m |
| Population | 0 people (2011) |
| Location | |
| Archipelago | St. Kilda |
| Water area | Atlantic Ocean |
| A country |
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| Region | Scotland |
| Area | Nah-elanan-shiar |
Geologically, St. Kilda is a separate archipelago, but is usually included in the Outer Hebrides , and administratively belongs to the Na-Ehlanan-Shear district.
Content
Geography
The Hirth area is 6.7 km² out of 8.55 km² across St. Kilda. The highest point is Konahayr (430 m ). The coastline is rocky , the Hearth's cliffs are considered to be the highest in the UK . To the south is the island of Dunes , which previously formed a single island with Hirth, but at present it is separated by a narrow strait [1] .
The island serves as a habitat and nesting sites for many seabirds .
History
Hirta, like the whole of St. Kilda, was inhabited for about two thousand years , but in the 1930s , people left the archipelago [2] . Today there are military and visiting tourists on Hirt.
Filmography
The story of the evacuation of the island became the plot for the feature film “ The Edge of the World ”, directed by Michael Powell . The film was shot in the summer of 1936 on the island of Fula [3] .
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Notes
- ↑ Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7
- ↑ St Kilda and the seas of change
- ↑ The feature film "The Edge of the World"