Long Island
Long Island is an island in Cameron, Texas. Long Island is situated nearby to the hamlet Laguna Heights, as well as near Rutherford-Harding Addition Colonia.Places of Interest
Highlights include Port Isabel Lighthouse.
Port Isabel Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: lfwlfw, Public domain.
The Point Isabel Lighthouse is a historic lighthouse located in Port Isabel, Texas, United States that was built in 1852 to guide ships through the Brazos Santiago Pass to Port Isabel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Port Isabel and South Padre Island.
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.
South Padre Island
South Padre Island is a small resort town on the southern tip of Padre Island off the coast of Texas, close to the border with Mexico. It is a popular spring break destination for college students.
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 5 miles south of Long Island.
Long Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Cameron County, Texas, United States of America
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Cameron, Texas, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
26.05813° or 26° 3′ 29″ northLongitude
-97.20256° or 97° 12′ 9″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
76R43Q5W+7XOpenStreetMap ID
node 356750047OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Long Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Long Island (pulo sa Estados Unidos, Texas, Cameron County)”
- Cebuano: “Long Island”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Laguna Heights and Rutherford-Harding Addition Colonia.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Southpoint Marina and Brownsville Marine Unit in Port Isabel, Texas.
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