The Old Man of Hoy is a 137-metre sea stack on Hoy, part of the Orkney archipelago off the north coast of Scotland. Formed from Old Red Sandstone, it is one of the tallest stacks in the United Kingdom
The Old Man of Hoy from the north
The Old Man of Hoy in 1817, when it had two legs
Highline walk of Alex Schulz
Hoy is an island in Orkney, Scotland, measuring 143 square kilometres – the second largest in the archipelago, after Mainland. A natural causeway, the Ayre, links the island to the smaller South Walls
Old Man of Hoy
…The Old Man of Hoy is a 137-metre (449-foot) sea stack on Hoy, part of the Orkney archipelago off the north coast of Scotland. Formed from Old Red Sandstone, it is one of the tallest stacks in the United Kingdom…
The Old Man of Hoy, at the western side of the island, seen from the south
MV Hoy Head, the Houton, Lyness, Flotta and Longhope ferry.
MV Graemsay, the Stromness, Graemsay and Moaness ferry at Moaness pier