West Mouse
West Mouse is an islet lying 1.1 kilometres off the north-west coast of Anglesey, Wales. Its maximum dimensions are 92 by 82 metres, with an area of 1.2 acres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ian Warburton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Anglesey, Wales, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Maen y Bugail”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Rhwydrys’s Church and The Skerries.
St Rhwydrys’s Church
Church
Photo: Anonymous, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Rhwydrys's Church is a medieval church near the village of Cemlyn on the Isle of Anglesey in Wales. The building dates from the mid-12th century and underwent renovations in the 19th century. It was designated a Grade II*-listed building on 12 May 1970.
The Skerries
Island
Photo: Nick R, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Skerries, coming from the Old Norse word sker, are a group of sparsely vegetated rocky islets, with a total area of about 17 hectares lying 3 kilometres offshore from Carmel Head at the northwest corner of Anglesey, Wales.
Carmel Head
Photo: Ian Warburton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carmel Head is a prominent coastal headland on the northwest tip of the island of Anglesey. It is a designated SSSI because of its geological interest for the Carmel Head Thrust fault where Precambrian rocks have been pushed over younger Ordovician rocks creating the Carmel Head thrust.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Church Bay and Rhydwyn.
Church Bay
Photo: Zcarstvnz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Church Bay is a small hamlet on the west coast of the Isle of Anglesey near the village of Rhyd-wyn.
Rhydwyn
Hamlet
Photo: Dave Smethurst, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rhydwyn is a village in the community of Cylch-y-Garn, in the north west of Anglesey, Wales. Rhydwyn is named after a little stream that once crossed the centre of the village. "Rhyd" meaning Ford and "Wyn" white. It now runs through a culvert under the road.
Tregele
Hamlet
Tregele is a small village located in Llanbadrig community, in north Anglesey, Wales. Located about a mile south-west of the larger coastal village of Cemaes, it is also close to the Wylfa Nuclear Power Station now decommissioning on Wylfa Head.
West Mouse
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.41759° or 53° 25′ 3″ northLongitude
-4.5546° or 4° 33′ 17″ westOpen location code
9C5QCC9W+25OpenStreetMap ID
way 44727707OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“West Mouse” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “West Mouse”
- Dutch: “West Mouse”
- Livvi: “Maen y Bugail”
- Northern Sami: “Maen y Bugail”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Maen y Bugael”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “West Mouse”
- Swedish: “West Mouse”
- Welsh: “Maen y Bugail”
- Welsh: “Maen-y-Bugael”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Gader Mynachdy and Hen Borth.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Penbrynyreglwys and Hen Felin.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “West Mouse”. Photo: Ian Warburton, CC BY-SA 2.0.