Isles of Shoals
The Isles of Shoals are a group of small islands and tidal ledges situated approximately 6 miles off the east coast of the United States, straddling the border of the states of Maine and New Hampshire.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Island
- Description: group of islands in Maine and New Hampshire, United States
- Also known as: “I Lands of Shoulls”, “Ile of Shoales”, “Ile of Sholes”, “Islands of Sholes”, “Isles of Sholes”, and “Smith’s Isles”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Smuttynose Island and Shoals Marine Laboratory.
Smuttynose Island
Islet
Smuttynose Island is a 27-acre island in the Isles of Shoals, a group of small islands and tidal ledges located 6 miles off the coast of New Hampshire and 7 miles off the coast of Maine, United States.
Shoals Marine Laboratory
University
Shoals Marine Laboratory is a seasonal marine field station located on Appledore Island, Maine, in the United States. Appledore Island is the largest of the Isles of Shoals archipelago, a group of rocky islands just offshore of the coastline of Maine and New Hampshire.
Tucke Monument
Memorial
The Tucke Monument is a 46.5-foot-tall obelisk gravestone monument erected in 1914 to honor Reverend John Tucke. The monument is located on Star Island, New Hampshire, where Tucke was a minister, judge, educator, physician, and in his probate record, "owner" of a 12-year-old black girl by the name of Diana, valued at 20 pounds.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gosport.
Gosport
Hamlet
Star Island is one of the Isles of Shoals that straddle the border between New Hampshire and Maine, approximately 7 miles from the mainland. It is the largest of the four islands that are located in New Hampshire at 38 acres and the second largest overall, after Appledore Island.
Isles of Shoals
- Categories: archipelago, island group, and landform
- Location: United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Slovenian—“Isles of Shoals” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزر شولز”
- Cebuano: “Isles of Shoals”
- Chinese: “浅滩群岛”
- Dutch: “Isles of Shoals”
- French: “Isles of Shoals”
- German: “Isles of Shoals”
- Hebrew: “איי שולס”
- Hungarian: “Isles of Shoals”
- Japanese: “ショールズ諸島”
- Slovenian: “Isles of Shoals”
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Highlights include Halfway Rocks and Caswell Cemetery.
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