Somerset Island
Somerset Island is one of the main islands of the chain that makes up Bermuda. It lies in the far west of the territory, and covers 2.84 square kilometres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Bermuda
- Also known as: “Somerset Island, Bermuda”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Current Island and HMS Vixen.
HMS Vixen
Disaster remains
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
HMS Vixen was an armoured composite gunboat, the only ship of her class, and the third ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name. She was the first Royal Navy vessel to have twin propellers.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Somerset Village and Royal Naval Dockyard.
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.
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 4½ km northeast of Somerset Island.
Southampton Parish
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.
Somerset Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Sandys Parish, Bermuda, Caribbean, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Somerset Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Somerset Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة سومرست”
- Azerbaijani: “Somerset (Bermud adaları)”
- Azerbaijani: “Somerset”
- Basque: “Somerset uhartea (Bermuda)”
- Basque: “Somerset uhartea”
- Cebuano: “Somerset Island”
- Chinese: “薩默塞特島”
- Dutch: “Somerset Island”
- French: “île Somerset”
- French: “Île Somerset”
- German: “Somerset Island”
- Japanese: “サマーセット島”
- Russian: “Сомерсет”
- Spanish: “Isla Somerset”
- Swedish: “Somerset Island”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Sandys Parish and Scotts Hill.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Margaret’s Bay and King Charles Hole.
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