Little Egg Island

Little Egg Island is an island in , . Little 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: “Upper Egg Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fort Phoenix and Butler Flats Lighthouse.

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
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.

Lighthouse
Photo: Schlitzer90, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Station is a historic lighthouse in New Bedford Harbor in , . The lighthouse was built in 1849 out of stone rubble.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fairhaven and New Bedford.

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.

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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.

Hamlet
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a census-designated place in the town of in , United States. The population was 5,280 at the 2010 census.

Little Egg Island

Latitude
41.61955° or 41° 37′ 10″ north
Longitude
-70.88559° or 70° 53′ 8″ west
Open location code
87HFJ497+RQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 358273980
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
4942151
Wiki­data ID
Q49653027
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

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

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Ft Phoenix Beach State Reservation and Doane Street Woods.

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