Portland Harbour

Portland Harbour is beside the , , on the south coast of . Construction of the harbour began in 1849; when completed in 1872, its 520-hectare surface area made it the largest human-made harbour in the world, and it remains one of the largest in the world today.
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  • Harbor
  • …is also known as “Portland Port”
  • Description: harbour in Dorset, England, UK

Places of Interest

Highlights include Portland Castle and Sandsfoot Castle.
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is an artillery fort constructed…
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, also known historically as Weymouth…
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RNAS Portland was an air station of the Royal Navy…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Castletown and Wyke Regis.
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is a small in Underhill on the in .
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is a village in the civil parish of , in south , England.
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, sometimes, is a small village at the… is situated 1½ miles south of Portland Harbour.

Portland Harbour

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Latitude
50.5842° or 50° 35′ 3″ north
Longitude
-2.44369° or 2° 26′ 37″ west
Open location code
9C2VHHM4+MG
Geo­Names ID
2640031
Wiki­data ID
Q1585169

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Turkish—“Portland Harbour” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Portlandeko portua”
  • Chinese: “波特兰港”
  • Chinese: “波特蘭港”
  • Danish: “Portland Harbour”
  • Estonian: “Portland Harbour”
  • Estonian: “Portlandi sadam”
  • French: “Port de Portland”
  • German: “Portland Harbour”
  • Hebrew: “נמל פורטלנד”
  • Italian: “Porto di Portland”
  • Japanese: “ポートランド・ハーバー”
  • Japanese: “ポートランド港”
  • Russian: “Портленд”
  • Spanish: “Portland Harbor”
  • Spanish: “Portland Harbour”
  • Spanish: “Puerto de Pórtland”
  • Turkish: “Portland Harbour”
  • Turkish: “Portland Limanı”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Osprey Quay, Portland and Portland.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Castle Cove and Portland Port.

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