Pinto Island
Pinto Island is an island in the U.S. state of Alabama, within the city limits of Mobile. Located on the northwestern coast of Mobile Bay, it is bounded on the west by the Mobile River, on the south by Mobile Bay, on the east by the Spanish River, and on the north by Pinto Pass and Blakeley Island.- Type: Island
- Description: island in the United States of America
- Also known as: “Pinto’s Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include USS Alabama and USS Drum.
USS Alabama
Protected area
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
USS Alabama, hull number BB-60, is a retired battleship. She was the fourth and final member of the South Dakota class of fast battleships built for the United States Navy in the 1940s during World War II.
USS Drum
Protected area
Photo: Jpemartin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
USS Drum is a Gato-class submarine of the United States Navy, the first Navy ship named after the drum, a type of fish. Drum is a museum ship in Mobile, Alabama, at Battleship Memorial Park.
USS Battleship Alabama Memorial Park
Park
Photo: Rennett Stowe, CC BY 2.0.
Battleship Memorial Park is a military history park and museum on the western shore of Mobile Bay in Mobile, Alabama. Its notable aircraft and museum ships include the South Dakota-class battleship USS Alabama and Gato-class submarine USS Drum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mobile and Toulminville.
Mobile
Mobile is a city in the state of Alabama in the South of the United States of America with almost a half million people in the metro area. Mobile is a historic, diverse port city with a strong southern culture and heritage.
Toulminville
Neighborhood
Toulminville is a neighborhood of Mobile, Alabama, United States. It began as a small settlement on the property of Harry Theophilus Toulmin, who served as Sheriff of Mobile County in the 1830s. Toulminville is situated 5 miles northwest of Pinto Island.
Prichard
Town
Photo: Mjrmtg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Prichard is a city in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. The population was 19,322 at the 2020 census, and was estimated to be 18,816 in 2023. Prichard borders the north side of Mobile, as well as the Mobile suburbs of Chickasaw, Saraland, and the unincorporated sections of Eight Mile. Prichard is situated 5 miles northwest of Pinto Island.
Pinto Island
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Mobile, Alabama, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
30.67547° or 30° 40′ 32″ northLongitude
-88.02694° or 88° 1′ 37″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)United Nations Location Code
US P9OOpen location code
862HMXGF+56OpenStreetMap ID
node 358924296OpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
4083710Wikidata ID
Q7196541
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Satellite Map
Discover Pinto Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Dutch—“Pinto Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Pinto Island”
- Dutch: “Pinto Island”
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