Bluemull Sound
Bluemull Sound is the strait between Unst and Yell in Shetland's North Isles. A ferry service crosses it regularly. Cullivoe is on the Yell side, and the island of Linga lies in the strait.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Linga and St Olaf’s Church.
Linga
Islet
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Linga is a small uninhabited island in the Bluemull Sound, Shetland, Scotland. It is one of many islands in Shetland called Linga. It has an area of 45 ha and is 26m at its highest point. Linga is situated 2½ miles south of Bluemull Sound.
St Olaf’s Church
Ruins
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St Olaf's Church, Unst is a ruined medieval church located on the island of Unst, in Shetland, Scotland, UK. The church was built in the Celtic style, and dates to the twelfth century.
Belmont House
Building
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Belmont House is a neo-classical Georgian country house estate on the island of Unst, the most northerly of the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom. It was constructed in 1775 by Shetland landowner Thomas Mouat of Garth who was a local Shetlander.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cullivoe and Belmont.
Cullivoe
Village
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Cullivoe, is a village on Yell in the Shetland Islands. It is in the north east of the island, near Bluemull Sound, not far from Unst. Cullivoe is a fishing port, and was formerly the ferry terminal for Unst, before ro-ro ferries - the terminal is now at Gutcher.
Belmont
Hamlet
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Belmont is a settlement and ferry terminal in southern Unst in the Shetland Islands. The ferry crosses Bluemull Sound from here to Gutcher in Yell and to Hamars Ness in Fetlar. Belmont House, a Georgian mansion built in 1775 by Thomas Mouat, was restored by Historic Scotland amongst others, and opened to the public in 2011.
Gutcher
Village
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Gutcher is a settlement on the northeast coast of Yell in the Shetland islands. From here, rollon/roll off ferry services to Belmont on Unst and Hamars Ness on Fetlar operate. Gutcher is situated 2 miles south of Bluemull Sound.
Bluemull Sound
- Type: Sound
- Description: sound between Yell and Unst, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
- Categories: sound and body of water
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Bluemull Sound from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Bluemull Sound” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Bluemull Sound”
- Cebuano: “Bluemull Sound”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bluemull Sound”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bluemull-sundet”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bluemull Sound”
- Norwegian: “Bluemull Sound”
- Swedish: “Bluemull Sound”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Wick and Underhoull.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Culli Voe and Rekna Houll.
Shetland Islands: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Lerwick, Fair Isle, Unst, and Yell.
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About Mapcarta. 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 “Bluemull Sound”. Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.