North Stack
| Native name: <span class="nickname" ">Ynys Arw | |
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 North Stack (centre), with a building from the defunct fog warning station (right) | |
  North Stack | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Anglesey, Wales |
| Coordinates | 53°20′00″N 4°41′00″W / 53.333332°N 4.683333°W |
| Administration | |
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Wales | |
| County | Anglesey |
| Additional information | |
| Uninhabited | |
North Stack (Welsh: Ynys Arw, meaning "rugged island") is a small island situated just off Holy Island on the north-west coast of Anglesey.[1]
North Stack can also refer to the headland opposite the island. This is the site of a redundant fog warning station, comprising a number of buildings, including the Trinity House Magazine, built in 1861, where shells for the warning cannon were stored. These buildings now house a bird watching observatory,[2] giving a view of South Stack lighthouse across Gogarth Bay,[2] and the studio of artist Philippa Jacobs.[3] The Precambrian quartzite cliffs of this headland, including North Stack Walls and Wen Zawn, provide some of the best-known rock climbs in Britain, such as "A Dream of White Horses", "The Cad" and "The Bells! The Bells!"[4][5]
The stack was the site of a crash of a US Eighth Air Force B-24 Bomber on 22 December 1944 that killed the eight crew on board.[6]
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North Stack: the small island at the end of Gogarth Bay and the headland opposite
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Trinity House Magazine, North Stack
References
- ↑ "Holyhead Mountain, North Stack to Penrhyn Mawr", ccw.gov.uk. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
- 1 2 North Stack, holyhead.com. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
- ↑ "Artist profile: Philippa Jacobs", bbc.co.uk, Retrieved 31 December 2010.
- ↑ Gogarth North Stack (North Stack Wall), ukclimbing.com. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
- ↑ Gogarth North Stack (Wen Zawn), ukclimbing.com. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
- ↑ "Anglesey World War II plane tragedy memorial service to be held on 70th anniversary, daily.co.uk, Retrieved 17 December 2014.
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Coordinates: 53°19′20″N 4°41′01″W / 53.3223°N 4.6836°W