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Soay ((スコットランド・ゲール語:Soaigh)) is an uninhabited islet in the St Kilda archipelago, Scotland. The name is from Old Norse ''Seyðoy'', meaning "Island of Sheep". The island is part of the St Kilda World Heritage Site and home to a primitive breed of sheep. It is the westernmost point of land in Scotland, and also the westernmost point in the United Kingdom, excluding Rockall. ==Geography== Soay lies some west-northwest of North Uist in the North Atlantic It is about north-west of Hirta, from which it is separated by the narrow Sound of Soay, which is only about 500 metres wide. Two sea stacks, Stac Shoaigh (Soay Stac), , and Stac Biorach, , lie between. The island covers about and reaches a height of , the cliffs rising sheer from the sea. The island is formed of a breccia of gabbro and dolerites and is a single mountain peak rising from the sea-bed, without Ice-Age erosion.〔 Along with the rest of the archipelago, Soay is owned by the National Trust for Scotland, managed by Scottish Natural Heritage as a nature reserve and is included it the St Kilda World Heritage Site. It is unlikely that this island ever had permanent habitation. Men from Hirta would stay for a few days while gathering wool.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title= Soay Overview )〕
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