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Mousa

Mousa is a small island in , 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.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island on the east coast of South Mainland, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
  • Also known as: “Mousa Island” and “Mousa, Shetland”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mousa light station.

Lighthouse
Photo: Lis Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a lighthouse.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hoswick and Mail.

Village
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a settlement in Sandwick in the south mainland of , Scotland, on the eastern part of the Dunrossness civil parish. It is separated from the rest of Sandwick by the Burn and from Channerwick in the south by the hill on which the settlement is situated.

Hamlet
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet on the island of Mainland, in the Shetland Islands, .

Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, formerly also known as Coningsburgh, is a new hamlet and ancient parish in the south of , , Scotland. The hamlet is on the coast, nine miles south-southwest of , about halfway between there and .

Mousa

Latitude
59.999° or 59° 59′ 56″ north
Longitude
-1.17582° or 1° 10′ 33″ west
Elevation
154 feet (47 metres)
Open location code
9CFWXRXF+HM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 179220328
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
2642086
Wiki­data ID
Q1951025
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Satellite Map

Discover Mousa from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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”
  • Welsh: “Mousa”

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Highlights include The Hamars and Burraland, promontory fort.

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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 “Mousa”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.