East Sister

East Sister is a reef in York County, Maine. East Sister is situated nearby to the locality Cutts Island, as well as near the neighborhood Bedell Crossing.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fort Foster and Whaleback Light Station.

Fort Foster

Park

Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Fort Foster, now part of Fort Foster Park, is a historic fort active 1901–1946 on the southwest tip of Gerrish Island in the Kittery Point area of Kittery, Maine.

Whaleback Light is a historic lighthouse marking the mouth of the Piscataqua River in Kittery, Maine. It is located on a rocky outcrop offshore southwest of Fort Foster and south of Wood Island in Kittery. Whaleback Light Station is situated 1½ miles southwest of East Sister.

Portsmouth Harbor Light

Lighthouse

Photo: Rosstracy, CC BY 3.0.

The Portsmouth Harbor Light is a historic lighthouse located within Fort Constitution in New Castle, New Hampshire, United States. Portsmouth Harbor Light is situated 2 miles west of East Sister.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newcastle and Kittery.

Newcastle

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

New Castle is a town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,000 at the 2020 census. It is the easternmost town in New Hampshire and the smallest by area, and it is the only town in the state located entirely on islands. Newcastle is situated 2½ miles west of East Sister.

Kittery

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Kittery is a small town in Maine, directly across from the New Hampshire border, that features a number of outlet stores.

York Harbor

Neighborhood

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

York Harbor is a census-designated place in the town of York in York County, Maine, United States. As of the 2020 census, York Harbor had a population of 3,132. York Harbor is situated 5 miles north of East Sister.

East Sister

Type: Reef
Categories: char and landform
Location: York County, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.06949° or 43° 4′ 10″ north

Longitude

-70.66559° or 70° 39′ 56″ west

Open location code

87MF389M+QQ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 13884575258

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=reef

GeoNames ID

4963383

Wikidata ID

Q49616026

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In Other Languages

“East Sister” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “East Sister (piliw)”
Cebuano: “East Sister”

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Localities in the Area

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