Stac Lee is located in the
North Atlantic and forms part of the
St Kilda archipelago of the
Outer Hebrides. Lying in the north east of the St Kilda group, Stac Lee is around north east of
Hirta, the main island, and west of the west cape of the island of
Boreray. Administratively, Stac Lee is part of the
Na h-Eileanan Siar.
Topography and ascents Stac Lee is a precipitous
sea stack, i.e. a detached escarpment, high. Seen from the south, the rock appears as an imposing cliff as broad as high, while from the west it has the aspect of a thin needle with a top bevelled at an angle of 45°. The most impressive view is that obtained from the south-east, from where Stac Lee looks like a giant hook. A small
bothy on Stac Lee was formerly used by St Kildan fowlers. It is big enough to accommodate two people and is dry inside. The St Kildans would land here by lassoing an iron peg, and then jumping when the swell rose up. Along with his sister Evelyn,
Norman Heathcote climbed the stack in 1899 and wrote about it in his book
St Kilda and in a climbing journal. He said that it was "comparatively easy" to climb although getting ashore onto the stack was "a most appalling undertaking" involving jumping ashore and climbing an overhanging cliff covered in slippery seaweed to a stanchion above sea level.) and another key researcher of the archipelago, Mary Harman. This visit contributed important visual documentation to the Canmore record for Stac Lee through Murray's photographs. After a gannet census visit on 20 June 1985, Peter Moore, documented the gannet-hunters' bothy in an article for a Scottish Vernacular Buildings Working Group publication. It was climbed on 21 May 1990 by three
National Trust for Scotland wardens. Its summit was reached by six climbers, including
Marilyn baggers and supporting rock climbers, on 13 October 2014. There were more ascents in October 2015. ==Wildlife==