Pond Island

Pond Island is an island in Hancock County, Down East, Maine. Pond Island is situated nearby to the neighborhood Naskeag.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Blue Hill Bay Light.

Blue Hill Bay Light

Lighthouse

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 4.0.

Blue Hill Bay Light is a lighthouse on Green Island in Blue Hill Bay, Maine. It was first established in 1857. The present skeleton structure was built in 1935.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brooklin and Swans Island.

Brooklin

Village

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Brooklin is a town in Hancock County, Maine, United States. The population was 827 at the 2020 census. Brooklin is situated 5 miles northwest of Pond Island.

Swans Island

Village

Photo: Fran Schwanck, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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 6 miles south of Pond 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 6 miles south of Pond Island.

Pond Island

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

44.22414° or 44° 13′ 27″ north

Longitude

-68.47569° or 68° 28′ 33″ west

Elevation

56 feet (17 metres)

Open location code

87PH6GFF+MP

OpenStreetMap ID

way 162904183

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=island

GeoNames ID

4975666

Wikidata ID

Q49670027

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In Other Languages

“Pond Island” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Pond Island”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Lamp Island and Sheep Island.

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