Fish Island
Fish Island is an island in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The island is located in the Acushnet River east of Sconticut Neck; within the city of New Bedford. The USRC Salmon P. Chase was moored at the island when she was built in 1787.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include New Bedford Whaling Museum and New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park.
New Bedford Whaling Museum
Museum
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The New Bedford Whaling Museum is a museum in New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States that focuses on the history, science, art, and culture of the international whaling industry, and the colonial region of Old Dartmouth in the South Coast of Massachusetts.
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
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New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park is a United States National Historical Park in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Partially owned by several entities and maintained by the National Park Service, the park commemorates the heritage of the world's preeminent whaling port during the nineteenth century.
Seamen’s Bethel
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The Seamen's Bethel is a chapel in New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States, located at 15 Johnny Cake Hill. It most often served as a chapel that the many sailors visiting New Bedford would attend before they ventured off to sea.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include New Bedford and Fairhaven.
New Bedford
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New Bedford is in Massachusetts on the southern coast. New Bedford'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.
Fairhaven
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Fairhaven is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. It is located on the South Coast of Massachusetts where the Acushnet River flows into Buzzards Bay, an arm of the Atlantic Ocean.
Bliss Corner
Hamlet
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Bliss Corner is a census-designated place in the town of Dartmouth in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 5,280 at the 2010 census.
Fish Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Bristol, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.63926° or 41° 38′ 21″ northLongitude
-70.91994° or 70° 55′ 12″ westElevation
-10 feet (-3 metres)Open location code
87HFJ3QJ+P2OpenStreetMap ID
node 358273526OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Uzbek—“Fish Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Fish Island”
- Dutch: “Fish Island, Massachusetts”
- Uzbek: “Fish oroli (Massachusetts)”
- Uzbek: “Fish oroli”
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Highlights include Fisherman’s Wharf and Buzzards Bay Coalition.
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