Ship Island
Ship Island is a barrier island off the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, one of the Mississippi–Alabama barrier islands. Hurricane Camille split the island into two separate islands in 1969.
Photo: USGS, Public domain.- Type: Island
- Description: island in Harrison County, Mississippi, United States
- Also known as: “Isle au Vaisseau”, “Isle aux Vaisseaux”, “Isle Francoise”, “Isle Surgere”, “Isola dei Vascelli”, “L’Isle aux Vaisseaux”, and “Surgeres Isle”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ship Island Light and Fort Massachusetts.
Ship Island Light
Ruins
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.Fort Massachusetts
Fort
Fort Massachusetts is a fort on West Ship Island along the Mississippi Gulf Coast of the United States. It was built following the War of 1812, with brick walls during 1859–1866, and remained in use until 1903.
Ship Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Harrison, Mississippi, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
30.21025° or 30° 12′ 37″ north
Longitude
-88.96336° or 88° 57′ 48″ west
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
Open location code
862H626P+4M
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to French—“Ship Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ship Island”
- Chinese: “船岛（密西西比）”
- French: “Ship Island”
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