Deer Island

Deer Island is a peninsula in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Since 1996, it has been part of the . Although still an island by name, Deer Island has been connected to the mainland since the former Shirley Gut channel, which once separated the island from the town of , was filled in by the 1938 New England hurricane.
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Photo: Doc Searls, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Deer Island Waste Water Treatment Plant and Great Hunger Memorial.

Wastewater treatment plant
The is located on Deer Island, one of the Boston Harbor Islands in . The plant is operated by the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority and began partial operations in 1995.

Memorial
The is a 16-foot tall Celtic cross located on Deer Island in . In the late 1840s, the Boston Corporation erected a hospital on the island.

Lighthouse
Photo: RadioTheodric, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a lighthouse in , Boston, Massachusetts. The actual light is 53 feet above Mean High Water. Its alternating white and red light is visible for 9 nautical miles.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gallops Island and Winthrop.

Suburb
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, also known as Gallups Island, is an in the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. It is situated between and , and is just over 6 miles from downtown Boston. is situated 2 miles southeast of Deer Island.

Photo: Sean 2015, Public domain.
is a city in , United States. The population was 19,316 at the 2020 census. is an ocean-side suburban town in situated at the north entrance to the , geographically nearby to the .

Deer Island

Latitude
42.35149° or 42° 21′ 5″ north
Longitude
-70.95783° or 70° 57′ 28″ west
Elevation
39 feet (12 metres)
Open location code
87JF922R+HV
Geo­Names ID
4934703
Wiki­data ID
Q5250761
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Satellite Map

Discover Deer Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Swedish—“Deer Island” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Deer Island”
  • French: “Deer Island”
  • German: “Deer Island”
  • Japanese: “ディア島”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Deer Island”
  • Norwegian: “Deer Island”
  • Russian: “Дир-Айленд”
  • Swedish: “Deer Island”

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Fort Dawes and Point Shirley.

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