Little Duck Island

Little Duck Island is an islet in Frenchboro, Hancock County, Maine.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Great Duck Island and Great Duck Island Light.

Great Duck Island

Island

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Great Duck Island is a small island in the Gulf of Maine, 11 miles south of the entrance to Frenchman Bay, not far from Acadia National Park. Along with nearby Little Duck Island and 11 others, it is part of the town of Frenchboro. Great Duck Island is situated 1½ miles south of Little Duck Island.

Great Duck Island Light

Lighthouse

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Great Duck Island Light is a lighthouse on Great Duck Island in the town of Frenchboro, Maine, USA. Established in 1890, the light marks the approach to Blue Hill Bay and the southern approaches to Mount Desert Island on the central coast of Maine. Great Duck Island Light is situated 2 miles south of Little Duck Island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cranberry Isles and Islesford.

Cranberry Isles

Village

Photo: H.L.I.T., CC BY 2.0.

Cranberry Isles is a town in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The population was 160 at the 2020 census. Cranberry Isles is situated 5 miles north of Little Duck Island.

Islesford

Hamlet

Photo: H.L.I.T., CC BY 2.0.

Islesford is a hamlet located on Little Cranberry Island in Hancock County, Maine, United States. It is one of the five islands of the town of Cranberry Isles. Islesford is situated 6 miles north of Little Duck Island.

Little Duck Island

Type: Islet
Description: island in Hancock County, Maine, United States of America
Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
Location: Frenchboro, Hancock County, Down East, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.17362° or 44° 10′ 25″ north

Longitude

-68.24458° or 68° 14′ 41″ west

Elevation

72 feet (22 metres)

Open location code

87PH5QF4+C5

OpenStreetMap ID

way 21793440

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

4969770

Wikidata ID

Q49653012

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Little Duck Island” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Little Duck Island (pulo sa Estados Unidos)”
Cebuano: “Little Duck Island”

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