Artificial Island
Artificial Island is an island in New Castle County, Delaware. Artificial Island is situated nearby to the hamlet Port Penn, as well as near Fort Elfsborg.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Reedy Island and Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station.
Reedy Island
Islet
Reedy Island is a small island in the middle of the channel of the Delaware River near its mouth on the Delaware Bay in the U.S. state of Delaware. It is about one mile east of Port Penn, Delaware and five miles southwest of Salem, New Jersey. Reedy Island is situated 1½ miles northwest of Artificial Island.
Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station
Power station
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Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station is a nuclear power plant located in Lower Alloways Creek Township, Salem County, New Jersey, United States. It sits on an artificial island alongside the Salem Nuclear Power Plant. Hope Creek Nuclear Generating Station is situated 2½ miles south of Artificial Island.
Port Penn Historic District
Protected area
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Port Penn Historic District is a national historic district located at Port Penn, New Castle County, Delaware. It encompasses 48 contributing buildings and 5 contributing sites in the original eight block town plan and one block 19th century extension of Port Penn. Port Penn Historic District is situated 2½ miles northwest of Artificial Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Port Penn and Oakwood Beach.
Port Penn
Hamlet
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Port Penn is a census-designated place located in St. Georges Hundred, southern New Castle County, Delaware, United States, below the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal on the west bank of the Delaware River. Port Penn is situated 2½ miles northwest of Artificial Island.
Oakwood Beach
Hamlet
Elsinboro Township is a township in Salem County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 1,001, a decrease of 35 from the 2010 census count of 1,036, which in turn reflected a decline of 56 from the 1,092 counted in the 2000 census. Oakwood Beach is situated 4 miles north of Artificial Island.
Hancocks Bridge
Hamlet
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Hancock's Bridge is an unincorporated community and census-designated place located within Lower Alloways Creek Township, in Salem County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Hancocks Bridge is situated 4 miles east of Artificial Island.
Artificial Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in New Castle County, Delaware, United States
- Category: landform
- Location: New Castle County, Delaware, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
“Artificial Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Artificial Island”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Alloway Creek and Money Island.
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