Stac Fada Member, Achiltibuie

Name: Stac Fada Member
Address: Achiltibuie, United Kingdom

#4 among attractions in Achiltibuie

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The Stac Fada Member is a distinctive layer towards the top of the Mesoproterozoic Bay of Stoer Formation, part of the Stoer Group in northwest Scotland. This rock unit is generally 10 to 15 metres thick and is made of sandstone that contains accretionary lapilli and many dark green glassy fragments of mafic composition. ()

Coordinates: 58°2'60"N, 5°21'0"W

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Stac Fada Member – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Stac Pollaidh, Sgurr an Fhidhleir, Falls of Kirkaig, Beinn an Eoin.

5.2 miE
Natural attraction, Park, Mountain
Stac Pollaidh, Achiltibuie
134 min walk • Stac Pollaidh IPA: is a mountain in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. The peak displays a rocky crest of Torridonian sandstone, with many pinnacles and steep gullies.
5.8 miSE
Mountain
Sgurr an Fhidhleir, Assynt
149 min walk • Sgurr an Fhidhleir is a mountain in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. It lies in the Coigach area of Ross and Cromarty. Its summit lies atop a spectacular vertical 500m high cliff.
6.6 miNE
Natural attraction, Park, Waterfall
Falls of Kirkaig, Lochinver
170 min walk • The Falls of Kirkaig are a waterfall in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland in the county of Sutherland. The fall is located on the River Kirkaig, south by southeast of the village of Lochinver, on the main approach footpath to Suilven mountain.
6 miSE
Mountain
Beinn an Eoin, Assynt
153 min walk • Beinn an Eoin is a mountain in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. It lies in the remote Coigach area in the far northwest of Scotland, north of Ullapool.
4.1 miW
Area
Eilean Mullagrach, Assynt
104 min walk • Eilean Mullagrach is an island in the Summer Isles of Scotland. It is located in Highland council area, in the northwestern part of the country, 800 km northwest of the capital London. It is the most northerly of the Summer Isles. Its area is 29 hectares. It is 150 feet high.
6.3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Ben Mor Coigach, Achiltibuie
162 min walk • Ben Mor Coigach is the highest point along a ridge rising steeply from Loch Broom, in the far north-west of Scotland. It rises above the Coigach peninsula, in the county of Ross and Cromarty, 10 kilometres north-west of Ullapool, reaching a height of 743 metres.
5.4 miE
Neighbourhood
Inverpolly, Achiltibuie
138 min walk • Inverpolly is the name given to a large area of northern Wester Ross in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland, north of Ullapool. The area contains several prominent hills, rising up from a rough landscape of bogs and lochans.
3.6 miSW
Island
Tanera Mòr
92 min walk • Tanera Mòr is an uninhabited island in Loch Broom in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. It is the largest of the Summer Isles and was the last inhabited island in that group.
4.4 miSW
Island
Tanera Beag
111 min walk • Tanera Beag or Tanera Beg is an uninhabited island in the Summer Isles off north west Scotland. It is called "Tanera Beag" to distinguish it from Tanera Mòr, "Big Tanera".
4.3 miS
Island
Horse Island
110 min walk • Horse Island is an uninhabited island in the Summer Isles, in the north west of Scotland. Once inhabited, the island now only supports a herd of wild goats. It rises to a maximum elevation of 60 metres at Sgùrr nan Uan.
3.2 miW
Island
Isle Ristol
82 min walk • Isle Ristol, the innermost of the Summer Isles in Scotland, is a Scottish Wildlife Trust Reserve. Lying roughly 12 miles north of Ullapool in Wester Ross, it is a tidal island, in Loch an Alltain Duibh, that is separated by a narrow channel from Old Dorney Bay.

Stac Fada Member, Achiltibuie

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Stac Fada Member – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)