Duck Island
Duck Island is an islet in York County, Maine. Duck Island is situated nearby to the hamlet Gosport.Places of Interest
Highlights include Smuttynose Island and Shoals Marine Laboratory.
Smuttynose Island
Islet
Smuttynose Island is a 27-acre island in the Isles of Shoals, a group of small islands and tidal ledges located 6 miles off the coast of New Hampshire and 7 miles off the coast of Maine, United States. Smuttynose Island is situated 1½ miles south of Duck Island.
Shoals Marine Laboratory
University
Shoals Marine Laboratory is a seasonal marine field station located on Appledore Island, Maine, in the United States. Appledore Island is the largest of the Isles of Shoals archipelago, a group of rocky islands just offshore of the coastline of Maine and New Hampshire.
Tucke Monument
Memorial
The Tucke Monument is a 46.5-foot-tall obelisk gravestone monument erected in 1914 to honor Reverend John Tucke. The monument is located on Star Island, New Hampshire, where Tucke was a minister, judge, educator, physician, and in his probate record, "owner" of a 12-year-old black girl by the name of Diana, valued at 20 pounds. Tucke Monument is situated 2 miles south of Duck Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gosport.
Gosport
Hamlet
Star Island is one of the Isles of Shoals that straddle the border between New Hampshire and Maine, approximately 7 miles from the mainland. It is the largest of the four islands that are located in New Hampshire at 38 acres and the second largest overall, after Appledore Island. Gosport is situated 2 miles south of Duck Island.
Duck Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in York County, Maine, United States of America
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: York County, Maine, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.00493° or 43° 0′ 18″ northLongitude
-70.60456° or 70° 36′ 16″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
87MF293W+X5OpenStreetMap ID
way 30405690OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
4962912Wikidata ID
Q49637038
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Duck Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Duck Island”
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