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Drake’s Island

Drake's Island is a 6.5-acre island approximately 500 metres from land in , the stretch of water south of the city of , Devon. The rocks which make up the island are volcanic tuff and lava, together with marine limestone of the Devonian period.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: fortified island
  • Also known as: “Saint Nicholas’s Island” and “St Nicholas’s Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tinside Lido and Eddystone Light.

Water park
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a 1935 Art Deco lido in the city of in southwest . It is sited beside and is overlooked by and . The lido opens in the summer months between May and September.

Lighthouse
Photo: Herbythyme, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Smeaton's Tower is a redundant lighthouse, now a memorial to civil engineer John Smeaton, designer of the third and most notable . A major step forward in lighthouse design, Smeaton's structure was in use from 1759 to 1877, until erosion of the ledge it was built upon forced new construction.

Photo: JThomas, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a stately home in south-east and is a Grade II listed building, whilst its gardens and parkland are listed as Grade I in the Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England. is situated in the parish of on the Rame Peninsula, overlooking ; its main entrance is in the village of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Plymouth Hoe and Stonehouse.

Locality
Photo: Merlin UK, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, referred to locally as The Hoe, is a large south-facing open public space in the English coastal city of , . The Hoe is adjacent to and above the low limestone cliffs that form the seafront and commands views of , Drake's Island, and across the to in .

Suburb
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
East was one of three towns that were amalgamated into modern-day , in the ceremonial county of , England. was a village that is within the current in Cornwall.

Drake’s Island

Latitude
50.35532° or 50° 21′ 19″ north
Longitude
-4.1534° or 4° 9′ 12″ west
Elevation
16 feet (5 metres)
Open location code
9C2Q9R4W+4J
Open­Street­Map ID
way 141042966
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
3210395
Wiki­data ID
Q1255576
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Drake’s Island” goes by many names.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Drake’s Island”. Photo: Janipewter, Public domain.