Sears Island
Sears Island, known as Wassumkeag or shining beach by the indigenous Wabanaki tribes of northern New England, is located off the coast of Searsport in Waldo County, Maine, at the top of Penobscot Bay.- Island
- …lies at an elevation of around 160 feet (50 metres)
- Description: island in Waldo County, Maine, United States
- Also known as“Awassawamkeak”“Brigadier’s Island”“Wasa-umkeag”“Wassamkeag”“Wasumkeag”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Searsport and Stockton Springs.
Stockton Springs
Stockton Springs is a town in Waldo County, Maine, United States.
Castine
Castine is a town in Hancock County in eastern Maine, United States.
Sears Island
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Latitude
44.44273° or 44° 26′ 34″ north
Longitude
-68.88132° or 68° 52′ 53″ west
Open location code
87PHC4V9+3F
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place = island
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Dutch—“Sears Island” goes by many names.
Sears IslandCebuano
Sears IslandDutch
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