Watford Island
Watford Island is an island of Bermuda. Watford Island was part of the British Admiralty presence at the west end of Bermuda. Together with neighbouring Boaz Island it was developed in the 1840s as a prison to house convicts transported to Bermuda to labour on the construction of the Royal Naval Dockyard on Ireland Island and other Government works.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Bermuda
- Also known as: “Watford Island, Bermuda”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Current Island and Malabar Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Somerset Village and Royal Naval Dockyard.
Somerset Village
Village
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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.
Royal Naval Dockyard
Village
Photo: SeanMD80, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 3 km northeast of Watford Island.
Spanish Point
Village
Spanish Point is a prominent headland in Bermuda, located in Pembroke Parish five kilometres to the northwest of the capital Hamilton. It forms the eastern coast at the entrance to the Great Sound. Spanish Point is situated 4½ km east of Watford Island.
Watford Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Sandys Parish, Bermuda, Caribbean, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Watford Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة واتفورد”
- Basque: “Watford uhartea (Bermuda)”
- Basque: “Watford uhartea”
- Cebuano: “Watford Island”
- German: “Watford Island”
- Swedish: “Watford Island”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Scotts Hill and Sandys Parish.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Little Watford Bridge and Camber.
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