The Needle, Orkney

{{Short description|Sea stack on the west of Hoy, Orkney Islands, Scotland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=March 2025}} '''The Needle''' is a {{convert|70|m|ft|adj=mid|-high}} sea stack on the island of Hoy, in Orkney, Scotland. It is located on the southwest coast of Hoy at {{gbmappingsmall|ND243902}}.

There is only one known rock climbing route, a grade XS 5c from the landward side, that was established by Mick Fowler and a team in 1991,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.orkney-seastacks.co.uk/needle.htm |title=The Needle |publisher=orkney-seastacks.co.uk |accessdate=26 January 2014}}</ref> which was described as "outrageous" in the 2020 guidebook to British sea-stack climbing routes.<ref>{{cite book | title=Sea Stacks | date=2020 | first=Chris | last=Mellor | pages=11–12 | accessdate=1 August 2023 | url=https://www.needlesports.com/files//75ea019d-25f6-41e2-b555-ab7d00fb6326/Stack%20Rock%2012%20Jan%202020.pdf | edition=4th | isbn=978-1-899098-05-7}}</ref>

==See also== * List of sea stacks in Scotland

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