Morris Island
Morris Island is an 840-acre uninhabited island in Charleston Harbor in South Carolina, accessible only by boat. The island lies in the outer reaches of the harbor and was thus a strategic location in the American Civil War.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Murali Dhanakoti, CC BY 2.5.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Morris Island Lighthouse.
Morris Island Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Rageousgtx, Public domain.
The Morris Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Morris Island in South Carolina. The light stands on the southern side of the entrance to Charleston Harbor, north of the City of Folly Beach.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sullivan’s Island Historic District and Sullivan’s Island.
Sullivan’s Island Historic District
Neighborhood
Sullivan's Island Historic District is a national historic district located at Sullivan's Island, Charleston County, South Carolina. The district encompasses 36 contributing buildings on Sullivan's Island.
Sullivan’s Island
Photo: Surfer43, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sullivan's Island, historically known as O'Sullivan's Island, is a town and island in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States, at the entrance to Charleston Harbor, with a population of 1,791 at the 2010 census, and 1,891 people in 2020.
James Island
Town
James Island is a town in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States. It is located in the central and southern parts of James Island. James Island is included within the Charleston, South Carolina metropolitan area and the Charleston Urbanized Area. James Island is situated 5 miles west of Morris Island.
Morris Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Charleston County, South Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
32.7146° or 32° 42′ 53″ northLongitude
-79.88787° or 79° 53′ 16″ westElevation
16 feet (5 metres)Open location code
8742P476+RVOpenStreetMap ID
node 357086395OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Portuguese—“Morris Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Morris Island”
- Dutch: “Morris Island”
- French: “Morris Island”
- German: “Morris Island”
- Hebrew: “מוריס איילנד”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Morris Island”
- Polish: “Morris Island”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Morris”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Parrot Point and Lighthouse Point.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Approximate location of Battery or Fort Wagner and Rat Island.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Morris Island”. Photo: Murali Dhanakoti, CC BY 2.5.