Whale Island

Whale Island is an islet in Sandys Parish, Bermuda. Whale Island is situated nearby to Somerset Village, as well as near the locality Rubis Bunkering Wharf.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Somerset Bridge and Bethell’s Island.

Somerset Bridge

Bridge

Photo: dbking, CC BY 2.0.

Somerset Bridge is a small bridge in Bermuda connecting Somerset Island with the mainland in the western parish of Sandys, Somerset Bridge is reputedly the smallest working drawbridge in the world.

Bethell’s Island

Islet

Bermuda is an archipelago consisting of 181 islands.

Port Royal Golf Course

Golf course

Port Royal Golf Course is a golf club located in Southampton, Bermuda. It has hosted the PGA Tour's Bermuda Championship since 2019.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Somerset Village and Southampton Parish.

Somerset Village

Village

Photo: Aodhdubh, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Somerset is a small, unincorporated village in the northwest area of Bermuda, located in Sandys Parish. It lies in the northern half of Somerset Island.

Southampton Parish

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Southampton Parish is one of the nine parishes of Bermuda. At the southwest of the island chain, it occupies all of the western part of the main island, except for the westernmost tip.

HMD Bermuda was the principal base of the Royal Navy in the Western Atlantic between American independence and the Cold War. The Imperial fortress colony of Bermuda had occupied a useful position astride the homeward leg taken by many European vessels from the New World since before its settlement by England in 1609. Royal Naval Dockyard is situated 7 km northeast of Whale Island.

Whale Island

Type: Islet
Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
Location: Sandys Parish, Bermuda, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude

32.27997° or 32° 16′ 48″ north

Longitude

-64.88071° or 64° 52′ 51″ west

Open location code

874Q74H9+XP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 28813614

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

3572962

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Localities in the Area

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