Mousa
Mousa (Auld Norse: Mosey "moss island") is a smaa island in Shetland, Scotland, uninhabitit syne the nineteent century. The island is kent for the Broch o Mousa, an Airn Age round touer, an is designatit as a Special Pertection Aurie for storm-petrel breedin colonies.
| Norse name | Mósey (Norwegian: Mosøy) |
|---|---|
| Meanin o name | Auld Norse: moor or mossy island[1] |
| Location | |
  Mousa Mousa shawn within the Shetland Islands | |
| OS grid reference | HU460240 |
| Coordinates | 60°00′N 1°10′W / 60.00°N 1.17°W |
| Physical geography | |
| Island group | Shetland |
| Aurie | 180 hectare (0.69 sq mi)[1] |
| Aurie rank | 115= [2] |
| Heichest elevation | 55 metre (180 ft)[1] |
| Admeenistration | |
| Sovereign state | Unitit Kinrick |
| Kintra | Scotland |
| Cooncil aurie | Shetland Islands |
| Demografics | |
| Population | 0 |
 | |
| References | [3][4] |
References
eedit- ↑ a b c Haswell-Smith, Hamish (2004). The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. pp. 411–14. ISBN 978-1-84195-454-7.
- ↑ Aurie an population ranks: thare are c. 300 islands ower 20 ha in extent an 93 permanently inhabitit islands war leetit in the 2011 census.
- ↑ Get-a-map (Map). 1:25,000. Leisure. Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
- ↑ Anderson, Joseph (Ed.) (1893) Orkneyinga Saga. Translated by Jón A. Hjaltalin & Gilbert Goudie. Edinburgh. James Thin and Mercat Press (1990 reprint). ISBN 0-901824-25-9