Swans Island

Swan's Island is an island town in , , United States. It is named after Colonel James Swan, of , , who purchased the island and some surrounding areas and organized their colonization in the eighteenth century.
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  • Type: Village with 355 residents
  • Description: town in Hancock County, Maine, United States
  • Also known as: “Burnt Coat Island”, “Swan”, “Swan Island”, “Swan’s Island”, “Swan’s Island, Maine”, and “Swan’s Island, ME”
  • Postal code: 04685

Places of Interest

Highlights: Hockamock Head Lighthouse.

Lighthouse
Photo: Fran Schwanck, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Burnt Coat Harbor Light Station is a lighthouse on Swan's Island, Maine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Minturn and Frenchboro.

Village
is a small village on the south side…

Photo: Diiscool, CC0.
has a population of 38 and is located…

Swans Island

Latitude
44.14508° or 44° 8′ 42″ north
Longitude
-68.45169° or 68° 27′ 6″ west
Population
355
Elevation
79 feet (24 metres)
UN/LOCODE
US IS9
Open location code
87PH4GWX+28
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158911155
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4980280
Wiki­data ID
Q3183220
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Swans Island” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Swan’s Island”
  • Catalan: “Swan’s Island”
  • Cebuano: “Swans Island”
  • Chechen: “Свонс-Айленд”
  • Chinese: “天鹅岛”
  • Chinese: “斯旺斯島”
  • Dutch: “Swan’s Island”
  • French: “Swan’s Island”
  • German: “Swan’s Island”
  • German: “Swans Island”
  • Haitian: “Swans Island, Maine”
  • Haitian: “Swans Island”
  • Hungarian: “Swan’s Island”
  • Italian: “Swan’s Island”
  • Mazanderani: “سوآنز آیلند”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Swan’s Island”
  • Norwegian: “Swan’s Island”
  • Polish: “Swan’s Island”
  • Spanish: “Swan’s Island”
  • Tatar: “Свонс-Айленд”
  • Turkish: “Swan’s Island”
  • Ukrainian: “Свонс-Айленд”
  • Urdu: “سوانز جزیرہ، میئن”
  • Volapük: “Swan’s Island”
  • Welsh: “Swans Island, Maine”
  • Welsh: “Swans Island”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Atlantic and Naskeag.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Swans Island Volunteer Fire Department and Parks Island.

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Worth a closer look: Ellsworth and Trenton.

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