Mooa
Mooa is a small islet of the Shetland Islands of Scotland, situated roughly 2 kilometres east off the coast of Whalsay. It lies to the north of Isbister Holm and south of Nista. The highest point of the islet is 63 feet.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: john bateson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Whalsay and Nista.
Whalsay
Photo: Des Blenkinsopp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Whalsay is one of the Shetland Islands, 5 miles northeast of the Shetland Mainland, with a population of 1061 in 2011. It makes its living from fishing and crofting, and is seldom visited by tourists though it's easily reached.
Nista
Islet
Photo: john bateson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nista is a small islet of the Shetland Islands of Scotland, situated roughly 2 kilometres east off the coast of Whalsay. It lies to the north of Mooa. The Trota Stack lies just off the north side of the islet. The highest point of the islet is 63 feet.
Isbister Holm
Islet
Photo: john bateson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Isbister Holm is a small islet in the Shetland islands of Scotland, situated roughly 2 kilometres east off the coast of Isbister, Whalsay. The highest point of the islet is about 65 feet and it measures roughly 500 metres by 250 metres.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Huxter.
Huxter
Hamlet
Photo: Robbie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Huxter is a crofting township in southeastern Whalsay in the parish of Nesting in the Shetland islands of Scotland. Huxter is situated 3½ miles southwest of Mooa.
Mooa
- Type: Islet
- Description: small islet of the Shetland Islands of Scotland
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
60.36463° or 60° 21′ 53″ northLongitude
-0.89982° or 0° 53′ 59″ westOpen location code
9CGX9472+V3OpenStreetMap ID
way 381672751OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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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 “Mooa”. Photo: john bateson, CC BY-SA 2.0.