Pond Island Shoal

Pond Island Shoal is a reef in Sagadahoc County, Mid Coast, Maine. Pond Island Shoal is situated nearby to the neighborhood Fort Baldwin, as well as near Popham Beach.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pond Island Light and Popham Colony.

Pond Island Light

Lighthouse

Photo: U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Northeast Region, Public domain.

Pond Island Light is a lighthouse at the mouth of the Kennebec River, Maine. It was first established in 1821 on Pond Island at the mouth of the Kennebec. The present structure was built in 1855.

The Popham Colony—also known as the Sagadahoc Colony—was a short-lived English colonial settlement in North America. It was established in 1607 by the proprietary Plymouth Company and was located in the present-day town of Phippsburg, Maine, near the mouth of the Kennebec River. Popham Colony is situated 2 miles northwest of Pond Island Shoal.

Popham Beach

Beach

Photo: Southgeist, CC BY 3.0.

Popham Beach is a sandy beach in Maine that extends southwest about three miles from Fort Popham, at the mouth of the Kennebec River, toward the mouth of the Morse River.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Georgetown and Sebasco Estates.

Georgetown

Village

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Georgetown is a town in Sagadahoc County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,058 at the 2020 census. Home to Reid State Park, the town is part of the Portland-South Portland-Biddeford metropolitan area. Georgetown is situated 5 miles north of Pond Island Shoal.

Sebasco Estates

Village

Sebasco Estates is an unincorporated village in the town of Phippsburg, Sagadahoc County, Maine, United States. The community is located on the Atlantic coast, 10.1 miles south of Bath. Sebasco Estates has a post office, with ZIP code 04565. Sebasco Estates is situated 5 miles northwest of Pond Island Shoal.

Pond Island Shoal

Type: Reef
Categories: char and landform
Location: Sagadahoc County, Mid Coast, Maine, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.73171° or 43° 43′ 54″ north

Longitude

-69.76991° or 69° 46′ 12″ west

Open location code

87MGP6JJ+M2

OpenStreetMap ID

node 12439108763

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=reef

GeoNames ID

4975675

Wikidata ID

Q49620539

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In Other Languages

“Pond Island Shoal” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Pond Island Shoal”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Fort Baldwin and Popham Beach.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Pond Island and Wood Island.

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