Swans Island
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.
- Village with about 360 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 80 feet (20 metres)
- Description: town in Hancock County, Maine, United States
- Postal code: 04685
- Also known as“Burnt Coat Island”“Swan Island”“Swan’s Island, Maine”“Swan’s Island, ME”
Places of Interest
Discover Hockamock Head Lighthouse.
Hockamock Head Lighthouse
The Burnt Coat Harbor Light Station is a lighthouse on Swan's Island, Maine.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Minturn and Frenchboro.
Swans Island
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Latitude
44.14508° or 44° 8′ 42″ north
Longitude
-68.45169° or 68° 27′ 6″ west
UN/LOCODE
US IS9
Open location code
87PH4GWX+28
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = village
Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Swans Island” goes by many names.
Swan’s IslandBasque
Swan’s IslandCatalan
Swans IslandCebuano
Свонс-АйлендChechen
天鹅岛Chinese
斯旺斯島Chinese
Swan’s IslandDutch
Swans IslandHaitian
Swans Island, MaineHaitian
Swan’s IslandHungarian
Swan’s IslandItalian
سوآنز آیلندMazanderani
Swan’s IslandNorwegian
Swan’s IslandNorwegian Bokmål
Swan’s IslandPolish
Свонс-АйлендTatar
Swan’s IslandTurkish
Свонс-АйлендUkrainian
سوانز جزیرہ، میئنUrdu
SwanVolapük
Swan’s IslandVolapük
Swans IslandWelsh
Swans Island, MaineWelsh
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