Mousa light station
Mousa light station is a lighthouse in Shetland Islands, Scotland. Mousa light station is situated nearby to the peak The Hamars, as well as near Ward of Burraland.Photo: Lis Burke, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse in Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
- Also known as: “Mousa Light Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mousa.
Mousa
Island
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hoswick and Mail.
Hoswick
Village
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hoswick is a settlement in Sandwick in the south mainland of Shetland, Scotland, on the eastern part of the Dunrossness civil parish. It is separated from the rest of Sandwick by the Hoswick Burn and from Channerwick in the south by the hill on which the settlement is situated. Hoswick is situated 3½ miles west of Mousa light station.
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Pennington, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Mail is a hamlet on the island of Mainland, in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. Mail is situated 3½ miles northwest of Mousa light station.
Cunningsburgh
Hamlet
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Cunningsburgh, formerly also known as Coningsburgh, is a new hamlet and ancient parish in the south of Mainland, Shetland, Scotland. The hamlet is on the coast, nine miles south-southwest of Lerwick, about halfway between there and Sumburgh Head. Cunningsburgh is situated 4 miles northwest of Mousa light station.
Mousa light station
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
59.99708° or 59° 59′ 50″ northLongitude
-1.1577° or 1° 9′ 28″ westOpen location code
9CFWXRWR+RWOpenStreetMap ID
node 6518138123OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseWikidata ID
Q28465891
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Mousa light station” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Vuurtoren van Mousa”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Hamars and Burraland, promontory fort.
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