Sound of Mull
The Sound of Mull is a sound between the Inner Hebridean island of Mull and mainland Scotland. It forms part of the Atlantic Ocean. The Sound of Mull Project is a Scottish Sustainable Marine Environment Initiative spatial plan of Argyll and Bute Council which sets out details on the marine, environmental and coastal activities in the Sound.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lochaline and Salen.
Lochaline
Village
Photo: JMiall, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lochaline is the main village in the Morvern area of Highland, Scotland. Historian ‘Philip Gaskell’ records that, at the time of the Highland Clearances, in about 1830, John Sinclair of Lochaline founded Lochaline village.
Salen
Photo: Vangobanshee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Salen is a small village on the island of Mull, in the Scottish Inner Hebrides. With a population of 500, it's little more than a road junction midway between Tobermory and Craignure.
Bonnavoulin
Village
Bonnavoulin or Bunavullin is a village on the Morvern peninsula in the Highlands of Scotland. Situated at the northern terminus of the B849, it is about 10 miles from Lochaline and on the eastern shore of the Sound of Mull opposite the isle of Mull and is in the Highland Council area.
Sound of Mull
- Type: Strait
- Description: sound between the Inner Hebridean island of Mull and mainland Scotland
- Categories: sound and body of water
- Location: Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.56141° or 56° 33′ 41″ northLongitude
-5.86777° or 5° 52′ 4″ westOpen location code
9C8PH46J+HVOpenStreetMap ID
way 931758929OpenStreetMap feature
natural=straitGeoNames ID
2641991Wikidata ID
Q6389923
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Sound of Mull” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Sound of Mull”
- Danish: “Sound of Mull”
- Dutch: “Sound of Mull”
- French: “Sound of Mull”
- Irish: “Caol Muile”
- Irish: “Sunda Muile”
- Italian: “Sound of Mull”
- Polish: “Sound of Mull”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Caol Muile”
- Swedish: “Sound of Mull”
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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 “Sound of Mull”. Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.