Bluff Island
Bluff Island is an island in Brunswick, North Carolina. Bluff Island is situated nearby to the hamlet Fort Caswell Historic District.Places of Interest
Highlights include Bald Head Light.
Bald Head Light
Photo: Kubigula, Public domain.
Bald Head Lighthouse, known locally as Old Baldy, is the oldest lighthouse still standing in North Carolina. It is the second of three lighthouses that have been built on Bald Head Island since the 18th century to help guide ships past the dangerous shoals at the mouth of the Cape Fear river.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bald Head Island and Fort Caswell Historic District.
Bald Head Island
Photo: David Broad, CC BY 3.0.
Bald Head Island is a 2 mi journey across the Cape Fear River from Southport, North Carolina and the site of Old Baldy, the state’s oldest standing lighthouse, circa 1817.
Fort Caswell Historic District
Hamlet
The Fort Caswell Historic District is located on the Atlantic Coast of North Carolina, US, and encompasses 2 sites, 43 buildings, and 23 structures. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.
Southport
Photo: DiscoA340, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Southport is a city on the North Carolina Coastal Plain. Back in the 18th century, British settlements along this stretch of coast were afflicted by buccaneers and Spanish frigates to the point that a fortification named Fort Johnston had to be built, around which a town then called Smithville after Revolutionary War figure Benjamin Smith took shape, which eventually became known as Southport.
Bluff Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in United States of America
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Brunswick, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
33.8624° or 33° 51′ 45″ northLongitude
-77.96221° or 77° 57′ 44″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
8754V26Q+X4OpenStreetMap ID
node 357768948OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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In Other Languages
“Bluff Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bluff Island”
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