Fig Island

Fig Island is an island in Beaufort County, South Carolina. Fig Island is situated nearby to the hamlet Frogmore, as well as near Morgan River Estates.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Saint Helena Island and Penn Center.

Saint Helena Island

Island

Photo: Marion Post Wolcott, Public domain.

Saint Helena Island is a Sea Island in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States. The island is connected to Beaufort by U.S. Highway 21. The island has a land area of about 64 sq mi and a population of 8,763 as of the 2010 census.

Penn Center

School

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

The Penn Center, formerly the Penn School, is an African-American cultural and educational center in the Corners Community on Saint Helena Island. Founded in 1862 by Quaker and Unitarian missionaries from Pennsylvania, it was the first school founded in the Southern United States specifically for the education of African-Americans.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Beaufort.

Beaufort

Photo: bobistraveling, CC BY 2.0.

Beaufort is a city in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States, and its county seat. Chartered in 1711, it is the second-oldest city in South Carolina, behind Charleston.

Fig Island

Type: Island
Description: island in Beaufort County, South Carolina, United States of America
Categories: locality and landform
Location: Beaufort County, South Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

32.41992° or 32° 25′ 12″ north

Longitude

-80.56788° or 80° 34′ 4″ west

Elevation

7 feet (2 metres)

Open location code

864XCC9J+XR

OpenStreetMap ID

node 357083570

OpenStreetMap feature

place=island

GeoNames ID

4578343

Wikidata ID

Q49637981

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Satellite Map

Discover Fig Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“Fig Island” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Fig Island”
Turkish: “Fig Adası”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Polawana Island and Oakland Cemetery.

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