Egg Island

Egg Island is an island in , . Egg Island is situated nearby to the hamlet , as well as near .
  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Lower Egg Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Butler Flats Lighthouse and Fort Phoenix.

Lighthouse
Photo: Lara, CC BY 2.0.
Butler Flats Light is a sparkplug lighthouse located in the outer harbor of , at the mouth of the . Built in 1898 by the United States Lighthouse Board, it is the only known caisson lighthouse designed by a marine architect.

Fort
Photo: Marcbela, CC0.
is a former American Revolutionary War-era fort located at the entrance to the Fairhaven-New Bedford harbor, south of U.S. 6 in Park in .

Lighthouse
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The is located in . Originally constructed as a wooden tower, it was replaced with a stone tower in 1804. This in turn was replaced by a structure on the parapets of Fort Rodman which was deactivated in 1898.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fairhaven and Bliss Corner.

Photo: Schlitzer90, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a town in , United States. It is located on the of Massachusetts where the flows into , an arm of the Atlantic Ocean.

Hamlet
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is a census-designated place in the town of in , United States. As of the 2020 census, had a population of 5,480.

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is in on the southern coast. 's excellent harbor made it a natural fishing and whaling center. It was the world's premier whaling port in the 19th century, and, for a time, "the richest city in the world" and "the city that lit the world" because of whale oil production.

Egg Island

Latitude
41.60983° or 41° 36′ 35″ north
Longitude
-70.88837° or 70° 53′ 18″ west
Open location code
87HFJ456+WM
Open­Street­Map ID
node 358273966
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
4935718
Wiki­data ID
Q49637425
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Turkish—“Egg Island” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Egg Island”
  • Turkish: “Egg Adası”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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