Wallops Island
Wallops Island is a six-square-mile for rocket launching facilities. The island is used primarily for the Wallops Flight Facility, including the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport, although the name also refers to the peninsula area surrounding the island for the purpose of mailing addresses.
Wikimedia, Public domain.- Island
- …has about 430 residents
- Description: island in Accomack County, Virginia, United States
Places of Interest
Discover Wallops Beach and Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Launch Pad 0.
Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport Launch Pad 0
The Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport is a commercial…
1½ miles southwest of Wallops Island
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wishart and Atlantic.
Wishart
Hamlet
Wishart is an unincorporated community in Accomack County, Virginia, United States.
2½ miles northwest of Wallops Island
Atlantic
Atlantic is a census-designated place in Accomack County, Virginia, United States.
4 miles northwest of Wallops Island
Temperanceville
Village
Temperanceville is a census-designated place in Accomack County, Virginia, United States.
5 miles northwest of Wallops Island
Wallops Island
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Latitude
37.85318° or 37° 51′ 11″ north
Longitude
-75.47409° or 75° 28′ 27″ west
Open location code
8796VG3G+79
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Wallops Island” goes by many names.
جزيرة والوبسArabic
Wallops IslandCebuano
瓦勒普斯岛Chinese
Wallops IslandCzech
Wallops IslandDutch
וולופס איילנדHebrew
Isola di WallopsItalian
ワロップス島Japanese
Wallops IslandSlovenian
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