Shelter Island

Shelter Island is an islet in Atlantic County, Jersey Shore, New Jersey. Shelter Island is situated nearby to the hamlet Ventnor Heights, as well as near the neighborhood Ventnor Gardens.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lucy the Elephant and Ventnor Community Church (Ventnor City, New Jersey).

Lucy the Elephant

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Lucy the Elephant is a six-story elephant-shaped wood frame and tin clad building, constructed in 1881 by James V. Lafferty in Margate City, New Jersey. Lucy the Elephant is situated 2½ miles south of Shelter Island.

Ventnor Community Church (Ventnor City, New Jersey)

Church

Photo: Mr. Matté, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ventnor Community Church (Ventnor City, New Jersey) is situated 1½ miles southeast of Shelter Island.

Atlantic City High School

School

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Atlantic City High School is a comprehensive public high school in Atlantic City, in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is the lone upper secondary school of the Atlantic City School District. Atlantic City High School is situated 1½ miles northeast of Shelter Island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ventnor City and Margate.

Ventnor City

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Ventnor City is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey. Ventnor is on the center of Absecon Island. This island consists of Ventnor, Margate, Longport and Atlantic City.

Margate

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Margate, officially Margate City, is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey. Margate is on Absecon Island, a few miles west of Atlantic City. It borders Ventnor City to the east, and Longport to the west.

Pleasantville

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Pleasantville is a city in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 20,629, its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 380 from the 2010 census count of 20,249, which in turn reflected an increase of 1,237 from the 19,012 counted in the 2000 census.

Shelter Island

Type: Islet
Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
Location: Atlantic County, Jersey Shore, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.35222° or 39° 21′ 8″ north

Longitude

-74.49868° or 74° 29′ 55″ west

Elevation

3 feet (1 metre)

Open location code

87F79G22+VG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 797746164

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

4504083

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