Hen Island
Hen Island is an islet in Hancock County, Down East, Maine. Hen Island is situated nearby to the village Swans Island, as well as near the hamlet Atlantic.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Swans Island and Minturn.
Swans Island
Village
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 2 miles southeast of Hen Island.
Minturn
Village
Minturn is a small village on the south side of Swan's Island, a part of Hancock County, Maine, United States. The decline of fishing in general and of the local population has caused the village to dwindle. Minturn is situated 2½ miles southeast of Hen Island.
Hen Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Hancock County, Maine, United States of America
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Hancock County, Down East, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
44.17132° or 44° 10′ 17″ north
Longitude
-68.47396° or 68° 28′ 26″ west
Elevation
10 feet (3 metres)
Open location code
87PH5GCG+GC
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Hen Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Hen Island (pulo sa Estados Unidos, Maine, Hancock County, lat 44,17, long -68,47)”
- Cebuano: “Hen Island”
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