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.
A snow shower over Mousa
Mousa as seen from the mainland; the broch is visible on the right.
A misty day at Mousa Broch
Shetland and Mousa on the Carta Marina in 1539
Shetland, also called the Shetland Islands, is an archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands, and Norway. It is the northernmost region of the United Kingdom.
Lerwick is Shetland's largest settlement
Mainland, Shetland
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Aurora in Scatness