Fish Head

Fish Head is a peninsula in Knox County, Mid Coast, Maine. Fish Head is situated nearby to the locality Browns Head, as well as near Crocket Point.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Browns Head Light Station.

Browns Head Light Station

Lighthouse

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Browns Head Light is a lighthouse in Vinalhaven, Maine. Established in 1832, it is an active aid to navigation, marking the southern side of the western entrance to the Fox Island Thoroughfare, a busy strait separating Vinalhaven Island from North Haven.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include North Haven and Vinalhaven.

North Haven

Photo: Jp498, CC BY-SA 2.5.

North Haven is a town and island in Knox County, Maine, United States, in Penobscot Bay. The town is both a year-round island community and a prominent summer colony.

Vinalhaven

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Vinalhaven is a historic island town situated in the Fox Islands archipelago within the Mid Coast region of Maine, United States. Located in Knox County, approximately 15 miles across the waters of Penobscot Bay from the mainland city of Rockland, it stands as home to roughly 1,200 permanent residents a population that swells dramatically during the peak summer months.

Fish Head

Type: Peninsula
Description: cape in Knox County, Maine, United States of America
Categories: cape and landform
Location: Knox County, Mid Coast, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.12085° or 44° 7′ 15″ north

Longitude

-68.90156° or 68° 54′ 6″ west

Open location code

87PH43CX+89

OpenStreetMap ID

node 10899715759

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peninsula

GeoNames ID

4964314

Wikidata ID

Q34868358

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In Other Languages

“Fish Head” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Fish Head”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Dumpling Island and Cross Island.

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