Kilt Rock

E118933

Kilt Rock is a dramatic sea cliff on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, famed for its vertical basalt columns that resemble a pleated kilt and the nearby Mealt Falls that plunge into the sea below.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Kilt Rock canonical 8
Kilt Rock viewpoint 5
Kilt Rock basalt columns 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geological formation ⓘ
sea cliff ⓘ
coordinateSystem WGS84 ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
faces east ⓘ
formedBy volcanic activity ⓘ
geologicalPeriod Jurassic ⓘ
Paleogene volcanism ⓘ
hasAppearance resembles a pleated kilt ⓘ
hasApproxLatitude 57.6° N ⓘ
hasApproxLongitude -6.1° W ⓘ
hasCliffHeightApprox 90 metres ⓘ
hasGeologicalFeature Jurassic sedimentary rocks ⓘ
dolerite sills ⓘ
vertical basalt columns ⓘ
hasNameEtymology named for resemblance to a Scottish kilt ⓘ
hasNearbyBodyOfWater Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
The Minch strait ⓘ
linked to: The Minch
hasNearbyFeature Loch Mealt ⓘ
Mealt Falls ⓘ
hasNearbyWildlife marine life in coastal waters ⓘ
seabirds ⓘ
hasRisk rockfall hazard ⓘ
strong winds at cliff edge ⓘ
hasSafetyFeature fenced viewing area ⓘ
hasTouristInfrastructure car park ⓘ
information board ⓘ
hasViewingPoint Kilt Rock viewpoint ⓘ
linked to: Kilt Rock
isFeaturedIn tourist guides to Skye ⓘ
isManagedBy Highland Council (access and facilities) ⓘ
linked to: Highland Council
isPopularFor photography ⓘ
sightseeing ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
isTouristAttractionOf Isle of Skye ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
isViewOf Mealt Falls plunging into the sea ⓘ
locatedIn Highland council area ⓘ
Inner Hebrides ⓘ
Isle of Skye ⓘ
locatedOn Trotternish Peninsula ⓘ
nearestSettlement Staffin ⓘ
overlooks The Minch ⓘ
sea cliffs of northeastern Skye ⓘ
viewpointAccessibleFrom A855 road NERFINISHED ⓘ
waterfallHeightApprox 55 metres ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Isle of Skye → hasLandform → Kilt Rock ⓘ
Kilt Rock → hasViewingPoint → Kilt Rock viewpoint ⓘ
linked to: Kilt Rock
Trotternish Peninsula → hasViewpoint → Kilt Rock viewpoint ⓘ
linked to: Kilt Rock
Mealt Falls → adjacentTo → Kilt Rock ⓘ
Mealt Falls → hasViewpoint → Kilt Rock viewpoint ⓘ
linked to: Kilt Rock
Staffin → hasNearbyFeature → Kilt Rock ⓘ
Mealt Falls → adjacentTo → Kilt Rock ⓘ
Mealt Falls → hasViewOf → Kilt Rock basalt columns ⓘ
linked to: Kilt Rock
Mealt Falls → hasNearbyFeature → Kilt Rock viewpoint ⓘ
linked to: Kilt Rock
Loch Mealt → locatedNear → Kilt Rock ⓘ
Loch Mealt → locatedNear → Kilt Rock viewpoint ⓘ
linked to: Kilt Rock
Loch Mealt → hasNearbyCliff → Kilt Rock sea cliffs ⓘ
linked to: Kilt Rock
Trotternish landslip → contains → Kilt Rock cliffs ⓘ
linked to: Kilt Rock
Staffin Bay → hasNearbyFeature → Kilt Rock ⓘ