Islands · Scottish Islands
The Needle
The Needle in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 4 h–12 h
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
The Needle is a place of interest in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Needle is a 70-metre-high (230 ft) sea stack on the island of Hoy, in Orkney, Scotland. It is located on the southwest coast of Hoy at ND243902. There is only one known rock climbing route, a grade XS 5c from the landward side, that was established by Mick Fowler and a team in 1991, which was described as "outrageous" in the 2020 guidebook to British sea-stack climbing routes.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 58.7918, -3.3162
Sources
- wikidata: Q16916591 (CC0)
- wikipedia: The Needle, Orkney (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is The Needle?
- The Needle is in Scottish Islands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 58.7918°, -3.3162°.
- Is The Needle free to visit?
- Yes — admission to The Needle is free.