Editing Mousa (section)

{{Short description|Small island in Shetland, Scotland}}
{{distinguish|Moosa|Moussa|Musa (name)|Musse (name)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox Scottish island
|Image=Snow showers over Mousa IMG 7951 (33077649235).jpg
|ImageCaption=A snow shower over Mousa
|Map=
|coordinates = {{coord|60.00|-1.17|display=inline}}
|location_map=Scotland Shetland
|caption=Mousa shown within the Shetland Islands
|GridReference=HU460240
|celtic name=
|norse name= Mósey<br />([[Norwegian language|Norwegian]]: Mosøy)
|meaning of name= [[Old Norse]]: moor or mossy island<ref name=Smith>{{Haswell-Smith|411-14}}</ref>
|area=  {{convert|180|ha|sqmi}}<ref name=Smith/>
|area rank=115=
|highest elevation=  {{convert|55|m|ft|0}}<ref name=Smith/>
|Population= 0
|population rank=
|main settlement=
|island group= [[Mainland, Shetland|Shetland]]
|local authority=[[Shetland|Shetland Islands]]
|references=<ref>{{Ordnance Survey}}</ref><ref name=saga>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}}</ref>
}}

'''Mousa''' {{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|uː|s|ə}} ({{langx|non|Mosey}} "moss island") is a small island in [[Shetland]], Scotland, uninhabited since the nineteenth century. The island is known for the [[Broch of Mousa]], an [[Iron Age]] [[Broch|round tower]], and is designated as a [[Special Protection Area]] for [[storm-petrel]] breeding colonies.