Portsea Island

Portsea Island is a flat and low-lying natural island 24.5 square kilometres in area, just off the southern coast of in . The island contains the majority of the city of .
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  • Type: Peninsula
  • Description: island
  • Also known as: “Île de Portsea”, “Insula Portsea”, and “Portsea Island, Hampshire”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Fratton Park and HMS Victory.

Stadium
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is a football ground in …

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is a 104-gun first-rate wooden sailing…

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is a 40-gun steam-powered armoured frigate built for the Royal Navy in 1859–1861.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gosport and Southsea.

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is a town in , a short water ride away from .

Suburb
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is a seaside resort and a geographic area…

Suburb
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is an area of , , located on the eastern side of Portsea Island.

Portsea Island

Latitude
50.8° or 50° 48′ north
Longitude
-1.0667° or 1° 4′ west
Population
207,000
Elevation
26 feet (8 metres)
Open location code
9C2WRW2M+28
Geo­Names ID
2640001
Wiki­data ID
Q1228829
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Portsea Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بورتسي (جزيرة)”
  • Arabic: “بورتسي”
  • Basque: “Portsea uhartea”
  • Bengali: “পোর্টসি দ্বীপ”
  • Breton: “Portsea”
  • Catalan: “Illa de Portsea”
  • Cebuano: “Portsea Island”
  • Chinese: “波托西岛”
  • Chinese: “波托西島”
  • Czech: “Portsea Island”
  • Dutch: “Portsea Island”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “پورتسى ايلاند”
  • Esperanto: “Insulo Portsea”
  • French: “Portsea”
  • Galician: “Illa Portsea”
  • Hebrew: “פורטסי”
  • Italian: “Isola di Portsea”
  • Japanese: “ポートシー島”
  • Latin: “Portus insula”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Portsea Island”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Portsea Island”
  • Ossetian: “Портси”
  • Polish: “Portsea (wyspa)”
  • Polish: “Portsea”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha Portsea”
  • Russian: “Портси”
  • Serbian: “Портси”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Portsea Island”
  • Swedish: “Portsea Island”
  • Turkish: “Portsea Adası”
  • Welsh: “Portsea Island”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Fratton and Kingston.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: St Mary’s Hospital and Fratton railway station.

England: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: London and Manchester.

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