Gibbet Island
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Bermuda
- Also known as: “Gallows Island”, “Gibbet Island, Bermuda”, and “Gibbet Islet”
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.
Trunk Island
Islet
Trunk Island is the largest island in Harrington Sound, Bermuda. Its area is 7 acres, and was used for tobacco farming and lumber in the 17th century. Today, it contains two properties: a mansion plot and a cottage plot.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Flatts Village and Hamilton Parish.
Flatts Village
Village
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.
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.
Devonshire Parish
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Devonshire Parish in Bermuda is named after William Cavendish, 1st Earl of Devonshire. It's near the centre of Bermuda, close to the junction between the body of the main island and the peninsula that contains the capital city, Hamilton.
Gibbet Island
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Smith’s Parish, Bermuda, Caribbean, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.32316° or 32° 19′ 23″ northLongitude
-64.74373° or 64° 44′ 37″ westElevation
3 metres (10 feet)Open location code
874Q87F4+7GOpenStreetMap ID
way 22578278OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
3573225Wikidata ID
Q5519208
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Gibbet Island” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Gibbet uhartea (Bermuda)”
- Basque: “Gibbet uhartea”
- Cebuano: “Gibbet Island”
- French: “Gallows Island”
- French: “Gibbet Island”
- French: “île Gallows”
- French: “Île Gallows”
- Swedish: “Gibbet Island”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as North Shore Village and Tom Moore’s Jungle.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Little Gibbet Island and Bethel AME Church.
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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 “Gibbet Island”. Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.