Black Island
Black Island is an island in Hancock County, Down East, Maine. Black Island is situated nearby to the hamlet Atlantic, as well as near the village Swans Island.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Swans Island and Minturn.
Swans Island
Village
Swan's Island is an island town in Hancock County, Maine, United States. It is named after Colonel James Swan, of Fife, Scotland, who purchased the island and some surrounding areas and organized their colonization in the eighteenth century.
Minturn
Village
Minturn is a small village on the south side of Swan's Island, a part of Hancock County, Maine, United States. The decline of fishing in general and of the local population has caused the village to dwindle.
Black Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Hancock County, Maine, United States
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Hancock County, Down East, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
44.20227° or 44° 12′ 8″ north
Longitude
-68.4615° or 68° 27′ 41″ west
Elevation
52 feet (16 metres)
Open location code
87PH6G2Q+WC
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Black Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Black Island (pulo sa Estados Unidos, Maine, Hancock County, lat 44,20, long -68,46)”
- Cebuano: “Black Island”
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Localities in the Area
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