Mousa
Mousa is a small island in Shetland, Scotland, uninhabited since the nineteenth century. The island is known for the Broch of Mousa, an Iron Age round tower, and is designated as a Special Protection Area for storm-petrel breeding colonies.
- Island
- …lies at an elevation of 154 feet (47 metres)
- Description: island on the east coast of South Mainland, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
- Also known as“Mousa Island”“Mousa, Shetland”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mousa light station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hoswick and Mail.
Mousa
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Latitude
59.999° or 59° 59′ 56″ north
Longitude
-1.17582° or 1° 10′ 33″ west
Open location code
9CFWXRXF+HM
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Mousa” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Mousa”
- Catalan: “Mousa”
- Cebuano: “Mousa Island”
- Cebuano: “Mousa, Scotland”
- Chinese: “穆薩島”
- Danish: “Mousa”
- Dutch: “Mousa”
- French: “Mousa (Ecosse)”
- French: “Mousa”
- German: “Mousa Broch”
- German: “Mousa”
- Italian: “Mousa”
- Japanese: “ムーサ島”
- Japanese: “ムサ島”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Mousa”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mousa”
- Norwegian: “Mousa”
- Russian: “Моуса”
- Russian: “Муса”
- Scots: “Mousa”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Mousa”
- Spanish: “Mousa”
- Swedish: “Mousa Island”
- Swedish: “Mousa”
- Turkish: “Mousa Adası”
- Welsh: “Mousa”
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Highlights include The Hamars and Burraland, promontory fort.
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