Mousa Sound

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Looking south Mousa Sound from Cunningsburgh, with the island of Mousa to the left, and the Ward of Burraland, at Sandwick, to the right.


Mousa Sound during a NE gale on 21st March 2008.Picture by: Jim Work
Mousa Sound during a NE gale on 21st March 2008.
Picture by: Jim Work

Mousa Sound, (HU450240), is the stretch of water separating the island of Mousa from the South Shetland Mainland, east of Sandwick.
During the summer months a passenger ferry operates across the sound for tourists visiting Mousa and the Mousa Broch.

In years gone by a popular sight was when the two P & O ferries met while passing through Mousa Sound each Sunday night. Sadly this practice, which always gave the passengers a good view of the scenery, was stopped on safety grounds.

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