Sewells Point

Sewells Point is a peninsula of land in the independent city of in the United States, located at the mouth of the salt-water port of .
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  • Type: Cape
  • Description: human settlement in Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America
  • Also known as: Mister Sewell’s Point”, “Point Sowell”, “Pointe Sowell”, “Seawells Point”, “Sewall Point”, “Sewalls Point”, “Sewell Point”, “Sewell’s Point”, “Sowells Point”, and “Sowels Point

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fort Monroe and Kecoughtan.

Quarter
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a former military installation in , at , the southern tip of the Virginia Peninsula, United States. It is currently managed by partnership between the Authority for the Commonwealth of Virginia, the National Park Service, and the city of Hampton as the National Monument. is situated 3½ miles north of Sewells Point.

Neighborhood
In the seventeenth century, was the name of the settlement now known as . In the early twentieth century, it was also the name of a town nearby in Elizabeth City County. It was annexed into the City of Newport News in 1927. is situated 4½ miles north of Sewells Point.

Suburb
is a in , along the water's edge of , at the end of Virginia's Lower Peninsula. It is named after one of the signers of the United States Declaration of Independence, George . is situated 4½ miles northwest of Sewells Point.

Sewells Point

Latitude
36.95459° or 36° 57′ 17″ north
Longitude
-76.32751° or 76° 19′ 39″ west
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
United Nations Location Code
US S5T
Open location code
8785XM3C+RX
Geo­Names ID
4784950
Wiki­data ID
Q10370831
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Portuguese—“Sewells Point” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: Sewell’s Point
  • Hebrew: סואל’ס פוינט
  • Portuguese: Sewell’s Point

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