Queen Bess Island
Queen Bess Island is an islet in Jefferson Parish, Greater New Orleans, Louisiana.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort Livingston.
Fort Livingston
Ruins
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Fort Livingston was a 19th-century coastal defense fort located on Grand Terre Island in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. The fort was named after Edward Livingston who had held positions as Mayor of New York City, U.S. Fort Livingston is situated 2½ miles south of Queen Bess Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grand Isle.
Grand Isle
Photo: Karen Apricot, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Grand Isle is in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. It is a barrier island connected to the mainland by bridge/causeway.
Queen Bess Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in the United States of America
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Jefferson Parish, Greater New Orleans, Louisiana, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
29.30456° or 29° 18′ 16″ northLongitude
-89.95965° or 89° 57′ 35″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
76XG823R+R4OpenStreetMap ID
way 313462281OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
4338218Wikidata ID
Q49673675
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to French—“Queen Bess Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Queen Bess Island (pulo sa Estados Unidos, Louisiana)”
- Cebuano: “Queen Bess Island”
- French: “Île Queen Bess”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Queen Bess Wildlife Refuge and Mendicant Island.
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