Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial

Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial is a 352-foot tall column and U.S. national memorial in Put-in-Bay, Ohio, built to commemorate the Battle of Lake Erie that took place near South Bass Island.

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Type: Park
Description: battle monument in Ohio, United States
Also known as: “Perrys National Monument” and “PEVI”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gilbraltar Island and Jay Cooke House.

Gilbraltar Island

Islet

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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.

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.

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 2 miles north of Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial.

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 4½ miles north of Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial.

Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial

Categories: National Memorial of the United States, column, and lighthouse
Location: Ottawa, Ohio, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.6545° or 41° 39′ 16″ north

Longitude

-82.81158° or 82° 48′ 42″ west

Elevation

577 feet (176 metres)

Open location code

86HVM53Q+Q9

GeoNames ID

5166495

Wikidata ID

Q2071814

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial” goes by many names.

Arabic: “نصب بيري التذكاري للانتصار والسلام الدولي”
Cebuano: “Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial”
Chinese: “佩里胜利与国际和平纪念碑”
Czech: “Památník Perryho vítězství a mezinárodního míru”
French: “Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial”
German: “Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial”
Japanese: “ペリーの勝利と国際平和記念建造物”
Vietnamese: “Đài tưởng niệm Chiến thắng của Perry và Hòa bình Quốc tế”

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