Hen Island
Hen Island is an island of Bermuda. A human skeleton believed to belong to Thomas Squires, a gunman who died on the island in 1825, was unearthed in 2011.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Bermuda
- Also known as: “Hen Island, Bermuda” and “Saint Michaels Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ordnance Island and Horseshoe Island.
Ordnance Island
Islet
Ordnance Island is located within the limits of St. George's Town, Bermuda. It lies close to the shore opposite the town square, in St. George's Harbour.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Saint George and Tucker’s Town.
Saint George
Photo: David Broad, CC BY 3.0.
The Town of Saint George, habitually called by locals St. George's, in St. George's Parish is the second town and former capital of Bermuda.
Tucker’s Town
Hamlet
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 5 km south of Hen Island.
Hamilton Parish
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hamilton Parish is one of the nine parishes of Bermuda. It was renamed for Scottish aristocrat James Hamilton, 2nd Marquess of Hamilton when he purchased the shares originally held in the Virginia Company by Lucy Russell, Countess of Bedford.
Hen Island
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: St. George’s Parish, Bermuda, Caribbean, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.37619° or 32° 22′ 34″ northLongitude
-64.67143° or 64° 40′ 17″ westElevation
10 metres (33 feet)Open location code
874Q98GH+FCOpenStreetMap ID
way 22580672OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
3573190Wikidata ID
Q5712919
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Satellite Map
Discover Hen Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Hen Island” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Hen uhartea (Bermuda)”
- Basque: “Hen uhartea”
- Cebuano: “Hen Island”
- Swedish: “Hen Island”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Hen Island”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as St George’s Cruise Terminal and St. David’s.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Peggy’s Island and St. George’s Dingy & SportsClub.
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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 “Hen Island”. Photo: Curtis & Renee, CC BY-SA 2.0.