Mistake Island
Mistake Island is an island in Washington County, in the U.S. state of Maine. The island contains little vegetation. Mistake Island has been noted for its unusual place name. Moose Peak Light stands high atop Mistake Island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Moose Peak Light.
Moose Peak Light
Building
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Moose Peak Light is a lighthouse on Mistake Island, just east of Great Wass Island, Maine at the southern entrance to Eastern Bay and five nautical miles southeast of Jonesport.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beals and Jonesport.
Beals
Village
Photo: Brian W. Schaller, FAL.
Beals is a town in Washington County, Maine, United States, located on an island opposite Jonesport. The town was named after Manwarren Beal, an early settler. The population was 443 at the 2020 census. Beals is situated 5 miles northwest of Mistake Island.
Jonesport
Jonesport is a town in Washington County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,245 at the 2020 census. Jonesport is a fishing and lobstering town. It contains the villages or hamlets of Jonesport, Mason Bay, Monsapec, and West Jonesport.
Mistake Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in the United States of America
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Town of Jonesport, Washington, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
44.47509° or 44° 28′ 30″ northLongitude
-67.53506° or 67° 32′ 6″ westElevation
43 feet (13 metres)Open location code
87PJFFG7+2XOpenStreetMap ID
way 220250833OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
4972308Wikidata ID
Q21072680
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Malayalam—“Mistake Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Mistake Island”
- Chinese: “密斯特克島”
- French: “île Mistake”
- French: “Île Mistake”
- Malayalam: “മിസ്റ്റേക്ക് ഐലന്റ്”
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