North Stack

North Stack

Native name: <span class="nickname" ">Ynys Arw
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
Country
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

1. "Holyhead Mountain, North Stack to Penrhyn Mawr", ccw.gov.uk. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
2. North Stack, holyhead.com. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
3. "Artist profile: Philippa Jacobs", bbc.co.uk, Retrieved 31 December 2010.
4. Gogarth North Stack (North Stack Wall), ukclimbing.com. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
5. Gogarth North Stack (Wen Zawn), ukclimbing.com. Retrieved 31 December 2010.
6. "Anglesey World War II plane tragedy memorial service to be held on 70th anniversary, daily.co.uk, Retrieved 17 December 2014.

External links

• Rock climbing at North Stack

Coordinates: 53°19′20″N 4°41′01″W / 53.3223°N 4.6836°W