Staffa
Staffa (, , from the Old Norse for stave or pillar island) is an island of the Inner Hebrides in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The Vikings gave it this name as its columnar basalt reminded them of their houses, which were built of vertical logs.
Key facts
- Scottish island.Image
- STAFFA ISLAND - aerial view.gif
- Scottish island.ImageCaption
- Aerial view of Staffa, with The Colonnade in the foreground and Am Buchaille to the right
- Scottish island.location_map
- Scotland Isle of Mull
- Scottish island.caption
- Staffa shown relative to Mull
- Scottish island.GridReference
- NM323355
- Scottish island.celtic name
- Stafa
- Scottish island.norse name
- stafi-oy
- Scottish island.meaning of name
- Old Norse for 'stave or pillar island'.
- Scottish island.area rank
- 0
- Scottish island.Population
- Uninhabited since 1800
- Scottish island.island group
- Mull
- Scottish island.local authority
Article
12 sectionsContents
- Geology and pre-history
- Geography
- History
- 18th century
- 19th and 20th centuries
- Tenants and owners
- Nature and conservation
- Visiting Staffa
- See also
- Notes
- Bibliography
- External links
Staffa (, , from the Old Norse for stave or pillar island) is an island of the Inner Hebrides in Argyll and Bute, Scotland. The Vikings gave it this name as its columnar basalt reminded them of their houses, which were built of vertical logs.
Staffa lies about west of the Isle of Mull; its area is and the highest point is above sea level.
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On the map
6 mapped locations
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Categories
Columnar basalts of the United KingdomCommons link is on WikidataExtinct volcanoes of EuropeIUCN Category IINational nature reserves in ScotlandNational Trust for Scotland propertiesPaleogene volcanismProtected areas of Argyll and ButeSites of Special Scientific Interest in Mull, Coll and TireeUninhabited islands of Argyll and ButeVolcanoes of Scotland