Buckle Island
Buckle Island is an islet in Hancock County, Down East, Maine. Buckle Island is situated nearby to the hamlet Atlantic, as well as near the village Swans Island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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 southeast of Buckle 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 3½ miles southeast of Buckle Island.
Buckle Island
- Type: Islet
- Also known as: “Buckles Island”
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Hancock County, Down East, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
44.17997° or 44° 10′ 48″ northLongitude
-68.47649° or 68° 28′ 35″ westElevation
26 feet (8 metres)Open location code
87PH5GHF+XCOpenStreetMap ID
way 162811329OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
4959529Wikidata ID
Q49634034
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In Other Languages
“Buckle Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Buckle Island”
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