The islands of St Kilda archipelago in Scotland. Island of Hirta with village bay and the settelment abondoned 1930. It is one of the few places worldwide to hold joint UNESCO world heritage status for its natural and cultural qualities. Europe, Scotland, St. Kilda, July

abandoned anchorage archipel atlantic bay central europe coast coastal landscape dun eilean siar europe grass great britain green heritage hiort hirta horizontal house houses island landscape lonely marine maritime natural heritage northern atlantic northern europe outer hebrides place of interest remote ruin scenic scotland sea sea birds seabirds settlement shore st kilda street unesco uninhabited united kingdom village village bay western europe western isles wild world world heritage