Monhegan
Monhegan is a historic island plantation in the Gulf of Maine, approximately 12 nautical miles off the coast of Maine. Part of Lincoln County, Maine, the island has been inhabited for over 400 years and is renowned as one of America's oldest and most influential artist colonies.- Type: Village with 69 residents
- Description: island in the United States of America
- Also known as: “Monchiggon”, “Monhegan Island”, and “Monhegan, Maine”
- Postal code: 04852
Places of Interest
Highlights: Monhegan Island Light and Manana Island.
Monhegan
- Categories: plantation, island, unincorporated community, and locality
- Location: Plantation of Monhegan, Lincoln County, Mid Coast, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
43.76319° or 43° 45′ 48″ north
Longitude
-69.32051° or 69° 19′ 14″ west
Population
69
Elevation
26 feet (8 metres)
Open location code
87MGQM7H+7Q
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Monhegan” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Monhegan Island”
- Chinese: “蒙希根”
- Dutch: “Monhegan”
- Finnish: “Monhegan”
- French: “Monhegan”
- German: “Monhegan Plantation”
- German: “Monhegan”
- Italian: “Monhegan”
- Japanese: “モンヒーガン”
- Mazanderani: “مونهگان”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Monhegan (Maine)”
- Norwegian: “Monhegan”
- Polish: “Monhegan”
- Portuguese: “Monhegan”
- Russian: “Монеган”
- Russian: “Монхиган”
- Spanish: “Monhegan”
- Turkish: “Monhegan”
- Ukrainian: “Монгіган”
- Urdu: “مونہیگن، مین”
- Welsh: “Monhegan”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Yellow Head and Pemaquid Point.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Monhegan Post Office and Fish Beach.
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Worth a closer look: Wiscasset and Jefferson.
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