French Island

French Island is an island in Oxford County, Lakes and Mountains, Maine. French Island is situated nearby to the village East Andover.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Andover Earth Station.

Andover Earth Station

Building

Andover Earth Station was one of the first satellite earth stations, located at Andover in the US state of Maine. It was built by AT&T in 1961 to communicate with the Telstar 1 satellite, the first direct relay communications satellite.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Roxbury and East Andover.

Roxbury

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Roxbury is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. The population was 361 at the 2020 census. Ellis Pond is popular with recreational fishermen.

East Andover

Village

East Andover is an unincorporated village in the town of Andover, Oxford County, Maine, United States. The community is 9.2 miles northwest of Rumford. East Andover has a post office with ZIP code 04226.

Andover

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Andover is a town in Oxford County, Maine, United States. The population was 752 at the 2020 census. Set among mountains and crossed by the Appalachian Trail, Andover is home to the Lovejoy Covered Bridge and is the site of the Andover Earth Station.

French Island

Type: Island
Description: island in Oxford County, Maine, United States of America
Categories: locality and landform
Location: Oxford County, Lakes and Mountains, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.66104° or 44° 39′ 40″ north

Longitude

-70.66977° or 70° 40′ 11″ west

Elevation

820 feet (250 metres)

Open location code

87PFM86J+C3

OpenStreetMap ID

way 793518681

OpenStreetMap feature

place=island

GeoNames ID

4964898

Wikidata ID

Q49638511

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Satellite Map

Discover French Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

“French Island” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “French Island (pulo sa Estados Unidos, Maine, Oxford County)”
Cebuano: “French Island”

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