Trunk Island

Trunk Island is the largest island in Harrington Sound, Bermuda. Its area is 7 acres, and it was used for tobacco farming and lumber in the 17th century.

Type: Islet
Description: island in Bermuda
Also known as: “Trunk Island, Bermuda”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo and Town Hill.

Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo

Zoo

Photo: Robyn Fleming, CC BY 2.0.

The Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo is a facility located in Flatts Village, Bermuda, about 700 mi east of the United States and at the geographic center of Bermuda.

Town Hill

Peak

Town Hill is the highest point on the island of Bermuda at 79 metres. It is located just to the south of Flatt's Village, and offers views across Harrington Sound, immediately to its north.

Gibbet Island

Islet

Gibbet Island is an island of Bermuda. It is located at the mouth of Flatt's Inlet which leads to Harrington Sound. Its name arises from the fact that criminals were gibbetted, or hung here.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Flatts Village and Smith’s Parish.

Flatts is a small settlement in Bermuda, lying on the southern bank of Flatt's Inlet in Hamilton Parish, almost exactly between the territory's two incorporated municipalities, Hamilton and St. George's.

Smith’s Parish

Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Smith's Parish is one of the nine parishes of Bermuda. It is in the northeast of the main island, at the southern end of Harrington Sound, the large lagoon close to the main island's northeastern tip.

Tucker’s Town

Hamlet

Photo: SeanMD80, CC BY 2.5.

Tucker's Town is a small community in St. George's Parish, Bermuda at the mouth of Castle Harbour. It is the only part of the parish on the Main Island, and includes the Tucker's Town Peninsula that today is the site of many homes belonging to wealthy non-Bermudians. Tucker’s Town is situated 4 km east of Trunk Island.

Trunk Island

Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
Location: Hamilton Parish, Bermuda, Caribbean, North America
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Latitude

32.33363° or 32° 20′ 1″ north

Longitude

-64.72714° or 64° 43′ 38″ west

Elevation

5 metres (16 feet)

Open location code

874Q87MF+F4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 22576785

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

3572990

Wikidata ID

Q7847974

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Swedish—“Trunk Island” goes by many names.

Basque: “Trunk uhartea (Bermuda)”
Basque: “Trunk uhartea”
Cebuano: “Trunk Island”
Swedish: “Trunk Island”

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Localities in the Area

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