Brimstone Island
Brimstone Island is an islet in Hancock County, Down East, Maine. Brimstone Island is situated nearby to the village Swans Island, as well as near Minturn.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hockamock Head Lighthouse.
Hockamock Head Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Fran Schwanck, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Burnt Coat Harbor Light Station is a lighthouse on Swan's Island, Maine. It is located on Hockamock Head, at the entrance to Burnt Coat Harbor and at the end of Harbor Road. Hockamock Head Lighthouse is situated 2 miles northeast of Brimstone Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Swans Island and Minturn.
Swans Island
Village
Photo: Fran Schwanck, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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. Swans Island is situated 2½ miles north of Brimstone Island.
Minturn
Village
Minturn is a small village on the south side of Swan's Island, a part of Hancock County, Maine, United States. Its approximate latitude and longitude are 44°8’ N, 68°27’ W. Minturn is situated 2½ miles northeast of Brimstone Island.
Frenchboro
Frenchboro has a population of 38 and is located on 14 small islands in Blue Hill Bay in the Down East region of Maine. Less than a hundred people live here year round and they keep things much as they have been for decades.
Brimstone Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Hancock County, Maine, United States of America
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Hancock County, Down East, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
44.10951° or 44° 6′ 34″ northLongitude
-68.46698° or 68° 28′ 1″ westElevation
13 feet (4 metres)Open location code
87PH4G5M+R6OpenStreetMap ID
way 21793607OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
4959307Wikidata ID
Q49633921
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In Other Languages
“Brimstone Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Brimstone Island (pulo sa Estados Unidos, Maine, Hancock County)”
- Cebuano: “Brimstone Island”
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Notable Places Nearby
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