Sound of Mull

The Sound of Mull is a sound between the island of and mainland . It forms part of the Atlantic Ocean. The Sound of Mull Project is a Scottish Sustainable Marine Environment Initiative spatial plan of which sets out details on the marine, environmental and coastal activities in the Sound.
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  • Type: Strait
  • Description: sound between the Inner Hebridean island of Mull and mainland Scotland
  • Also known as: “Caol Muile” and “Caolas Mhuile”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lochaline and Salen.

Village
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is the main village in the Morvern area of , . Historian ‘Philip Gaskell’ records that, at the time of the Highland Clearances, in about 1830, John Sinclair of founded village.

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is a small village on the island of , in the Scottish . With a population of 500, it's little more than a road junction midway between Tobermory and Craignure.

Village
or Bunavullin is a village on the Morvern peninsula in the of . Situated at the northern terminus of the B849, it is about 10 miles from and on the eastern shore of the Sound of Mull opposite the isle of and is in the Highland Council area.

Sound of Mull

Latitude
56.56141° or 56° 33′ 41″ north
Longitude
-5.86777° or 5° 52′ 4″ west
Open location code
9C8PH46J+HV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 931758929
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­strait
Geo­Names ID
2641991
Wiki­data ID
Q6389923
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Breton to Welsh—“Sound of Mull” goes by many names.
  • Breton: “Caol Muile”
  • Breton: “Caolas Mhuile”
  • Cebuano: “Sound of Mull”
  • Cornish: “Caol Muile”
  • Cornish: “Caolas Mhuile”
  • Danish: “Sound of Mull”
  • Dutch: “Sound of Mull”
  • French: “Sound of Mull”
  • Irish: “Caol Muile”
  • Irish: “Caolas Mhuile”
  • Italian: “Sound of Mull”
  • Manx: “Caol Muile”
  • Manx: “Caolas Mhuile”
  • Polish: “Sound of Mull”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Caol Muile”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Caolas Mhuile”
  • Swedish: “Sound of Mull”
  • Welsh: “Caol Muile”
  • Welsh: “Caolas Mhuile”
  • “Caol Muile”

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