Brazos Island, also known as Brazos Santiago Island, is a barrier island on the Gulf Coast of Texas in the United States, south of the town of South Padre Island and north of the city of Starbase. Brazos Island is situated 1½ miles north of Boca Chica Bay.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Starbase and Port Isabel.

Starbase

Village

Starbase, formerly Boca Chica Village or Kopernik Shores, is a city in Cameron County, Texas, United States, near the mouth of the Rio Grande. It lies 20 miles east of the City of Brownsville on the Boca Chica peninsula, and forms part of the Brownsville–Harlingen–Raymondville and the Matamoros–Brownsville metropolitan areas. Starbase is situated 2 miles southwest of Boca Chica Bay.

Port Isabel

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The City of Port Isabel, population 6,300 in 2019, is the southernmost city and port on the Texas coast. It is a tourism, retirement, sports fishing and commercial fishing destination and the gateway to South Padre Island.

Boca Chica Bay

Type: Bay
Category: body of water
Location: Cameron, Texas, United States, North America
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Latitude

26.00619° or 26° 0′ 22″ north

Longitude

-97.15775° or 97° 9′ 28″ west

Elevation

3 feet (1 metre)

Open location code

76R42R4R+FW

GeoNames ID

4675352

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Highlights include Las Palomas Wildlife Management Area - Boca Chica Unit and Boca Chica State Park.

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