Conanicut Island
Conanicut Island is an island in Narragansett Bay in the American state of Rhode Island. The second-largest in the Bay, it is connected on the east to Newport on Aquidneck Island by the Claiborne Pell Bridge, commonly known as the Newport Bridge, and on the west to North Kingstown on the mainland via the Jamestown-Verrazano Bridge.- Island
- …has 5,620 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 167 feet (51 metres)
- Description: island in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States
- Also known as“Canonicut”“Conanicutt Island”“Conanticut”“Jamestown Island”“Quonaniquot”“Quononicut”“Quononiquit”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Plum Beach Lighthouse and Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge.
Plum Beach Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Plum Beach Light, built in 1899, is a sparkplug lighthouse in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. Plum Beach Lighthouse is situated 1½ miles west of Conanicut Island.
Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge
Bridge
The Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge is a concrete box… Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge is situated 1½ miles southwest of Conanicut Island.
Friends Meetinghouse
Church
The Conanicut Friends Meetinghouse is a historic… Friends Meetinghouse is situated 1½ miles south of Conanicut Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jamestown and Saunderstown.
Saunderstown
Village
Saunderstown is a small village and historic district… Saunderstown is situated 3 miles southwest of Conanicut Island.
Middletown
Middletown lies south of Portsmouth and north of Newport, Rhode Island.
Conanicut Island
- Category: landform
- Location
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Latitude
41.5376° or 41° 32′ 15″ north
Longitude
-71.37589° or 71° 22′ 33″ west
Open location code
87HCGJQF+2J
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Swedish—“Conanicut Island” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Conanicut Island”
- Cebuano: “Conanicut Island”
- Dutch: “Conanicut Island”
- Faroese: “Conanicut Island”
- Finnish: “Conanicut Island”
- French: “île Conanicut”
- French: “Île Conanicut”
- German: “Conanicut Island”
- Italian: “Conanicut”
- Japanese: “コナニィカット島”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Conanicut Island”
- Norwegian: “Conanicut Island”
- Polish: “Conanicut Island”
- Russian: “Конаникут”
- Swedish: “Conanicut Island”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Jamestown Shores and Narragansett Terrace.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Jamestown Reservoir and Jamestown Reservoir Dam.
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