Gilbraltar Island
Gibraltar Island is an island in Ohio, located within Lake Erie. This small 6.55-acre island is just offshore of South Bass Island. It is part of Put-in-Bay Township, Ottawa County, Ohio. The rocky island is named for its resemblance to the Rock of Gibraltar.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Ottawa County, Ohio, United States of America
- Also known as: “Gibraltar Island” and “Gibralter Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Jay Cooke House and Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial.
Jay Cooke House
Castle
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The Jay Cooke House, is a historic summer estate house on Gibraltar Island, an island in the Lake Erie community of Put-in-Bay, Ohio, United States. Built in 1865, it was the summer house and a favorite place of financier Jay Cooke.
Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Alvintrusty, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial commonly known as Perry's Monument commemorates the Battle of Lake Erie that took place near Ohio's South Bass Island, in which American Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry led a United States Navy squadron to victory over a smaller Royal Navy squadron under Robert Heriot Barclay during the War of 1812.
Put - In - Bay High School
School
Put-In-Bay High School is a public high school on South Bass Island in Put-In-Bay, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Put-In-Bay Schools district.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Put-in-Bay and Middle Bass.
Put-in-Bay
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Put-in-Bay is a resort village 3 mi offshore of mainland Ohio on Lake Erie. Put-in-Bay is a village on South Bass Island, but the name commonly is used to refer to the entire island.
Middle Bass
Hamlet
Middle Bass is an unincorporated community in Put-in-Bay Township, Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. It is the only community on Middle Bass Island in Lake Erie. It has a post office with the ZIP code 43446. Middle Bass is situated 1½ miles north of Gilbraltar Island.
Isle Saint George
Hamlet
Isle St. George or Isle Saint George is an unincorporated community in Put-in-Bay Township, Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. It is the only community on North Bass Island in Lake Erie. Isle Saint George is situated 4 miles north of Gilbraltar Island.
Gilbraltar Island
- Categories: island, locality, and landform
- Location: Ottawa, Ohio, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.65828° or 41° 39′ 30″ northLongitude
-82.82109° or 82° 49′ 16″ westElevation
607 feet (185 metres)Operator
The Ohio State UniversityOpen location code
86HVM55H+8HOpenStreetMap ID
way 40570177OpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
5155730Wikidata ID
Q5559171
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Gilbraltar Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Gilbraltar Island”
- French: “île de Gibraltar”
- French: “Île de Gibraltar”
- Hungarian: “Gibraltar Island”
- Hungarian: “Gibraltar-sziget”
- Japanese: “ジブラルタル島”
- Spanish: “Isla Gibraltar”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Morgan Park and Bay View.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Ohio State University Stone Laboratory and Lakeview Pavilion.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Gilbraltar Island”. Photo: Analogue Kid, CC BY-SA 3.0.