Hog Island

Hog Island is an island in Charleston County, South Carolina. Hog Island is situated nearby to the neighborhood Bayview Acres, as well as near Patriot’s Province.

Places of Interest

Highlights include USS Yorktown and Patriots Point.

USS Yorktown

Museum

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

USS Yorktown is one of 24 Essex-class aircraft carriers built during World War II for the United States Navy. Initially to have been named Bonhomme Richard, she was renamed Yorktown while still under construction, after the Yorktown-class aircraft carrier USS Yorktown , which was sunk at the Battle of Midway.

Patriots Point

Museum

Photo: Clarinetguy097, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum is a naval museum located in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, at the mouth of the Cooper River on the Charleston Harbor, across from Charleston.

USS Laffey

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

USS Laffey is an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer constructed during World War II, laid down and launched in 1943, and commissioned in February 1944. She was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Seaman Bartlett Laffey, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his stand against Confederate forces during the Civil War.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ansonborough and French Quarter.

Ansonborough

Quarter

Ansonborough is a neighborhood in Charleston, South Carolina. In 1726, Captain George Anson acquired a 64-acre tract from Thomas Gadsden. Anson's lands were divided into smaller parcels for development, and several streets were named either for his ships or for himself: George and Anson, Scarborough and Squirrel, and Centurion.

French Quarter

Quarter

Photo: BrineStans, CC BY 3.0.

The French Quarter is a historic district and a section of downtown Charleston, South Carolina, United States, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Wraggborough

Quarter

Wraggborough is a neighborhood in downtown Charleston, South Carolina, named after slave trader Joseph Wragg, and noted for its association with the slave trade.

Hog Island

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

32.79133° or 32° 47′ 29″ north

Longitude

-79.90157° or 79° 54′ 6″ west

Elevation

10 feet (3 metres)

Open location code

8742Q3RX+G9

OpenStreetMap ID

node 357091266

OpenStreetMap feature

place=island

GeoNames ID

4581893

Wikidata ID

Q49641262

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Satellite Map

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

In Other Languages

“Hog Island” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Hog Island (pulo sa Estados Unidos, South Carolina, Charleston County)”
Cebuano: “Hog Island”

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Localities in the Area

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