Thompson Island
Thompson Island, also known as Cathleen Stone Island, is a 170-acre island in the Dorchester Bay section of Boston Harbor, offshore from downtown Boston, Massachusetts.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island in Massachusetts, United States
- Also known as: “Cathleen Stone Island”, “Island of Trevor”, “Thompson’s Island”, “Thompsons Island”, “Thomsons Iland”, “Thomsons Island”, “Tompsons Iland”, “Tompsons Island”, and “Tomsons Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum and Moon Island.
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
Museum
Photo: Fcb981, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum is the presidential library and museum of John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States.
Moon Island
Park
Moon Island is an island in Quincy Bay, in the middle of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, United States. It is the location of the Boston Fire Department Training Academy, and Boston Police Department shooting range.
Spectacle Island
Island
Photo: Doc Searls, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Spectacle Island is a 114-acre island in Boston Harbor, 4 miles offshore of downtown Boston, Massachusetts. It is part of the city of Boston. The island has a varied history, and today is a public park with a marina, visitor center, lifeguarded swimming beach, and five miles of walking trails, forming part of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dorchester Heights and South Boston.
Dorchester Heights
Neighborhood
Photo: Jameslwoodward, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dorchester Heights is the central area of South Boston. It is the highest area in the neighborhood and commands a view of both Boston Harbor and downtown.
South Boston
Photo: Dale Cruse, CC BY 2.0.
Honor. Tradition. Loyalty. If you're familiar with South Boston as presented on the silver screen, these values might spring foremost to your mind. You wouldn't be wrong, but a lot has changed since mob boss Whitey Bulger controlled his criminal underworld from here during the 1970s.
Savin Hill
Neighborhood
Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Savin Hill is a section of Dorchester, the largest neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Named after the geographic feature it covers and surrounds, Savin Hill is about one square mile in area, and has a population of about 15,000 people.
Thompson Island
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Suffolk, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.31507° or 42° 18′ 54″ northLongitude
-71.0083° or 71° 0′ 30″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
87JC8X8R+2MOpenStreetMap ID
way 29743517OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
4952944Wikidata ID
Q204813
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to German—“Thompson Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Thompson Island”
- German: “Thompson Island”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Thompson Island”. Photo: Doc Searls, CC BY-SA 2.0.