Palmer Island

Palmer Island is an island in , . Palmer 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: “Palmers Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Palmer Island Light and Fort Phoenix.

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.

Fort
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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 .

Museum
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The is a museum in , 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 .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fairhaven and New Bedford.

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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
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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.

Palmer Island

Latitude
41.62515° or 41° 37′ 31″ north
Longitude
-70.90992° or 70° 54′ 36″ west
Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)
Open location code
87HFJ3GR+32
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1118423684
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
4946635
Wiki­data ID
Q49667467
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Satellite Map

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

From Cebuano to Turkish—“Palmer Island” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Palmer Island (pulo sa Estados Unidos, Massachusetts)”
  • Cebuano: “Palmer Island”
  • Turkish: “Palmer Adası”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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