Rhode Island Sound
Rhode Island Sound is a sound off the coast of the U.S. state of Rhode Island at the mouth of Narragansett Bay. It begins east of Block Island Sound, continues to the east to Buzzards Bay, and opens south into the Atlantic Ocean between Block Island and Martha's Vineyard.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Bay
- Description: strait of water off the coast of Rhode Island, United States
- Also known as: “Aquidneck Bay”, “Newport Bay”, “Newport Bight”, “Providence Bay”, “Rhode Island Bay”, and “Rhode Island Bight”
- Address: RI
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sakonnet Light and West Island.
Sakonnet Light
Lighthouse
Photo: Zhengan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sakonnet Light, built in 1884, is a sparkplug lighthouse near Sakonnet Point, Little Compton, Rhode Island, on the eastern side of the state. The light was deactivated in 1954 after Hurricane Carol and was going to be destroyed, but local citizens protested, and eventually Carl and Carolyn Haffenreffer bought the lighthouse in 1961.
West Island
Island
West Island is a 9.6 acre uninhabited island located approximately 0.25 miles off the coast of Sakonnet Point and roughly 900 feet east of the Sakonnet Point Lighthouse in Little Compton, Rhode Island, United States.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Little Compton.
Little Compton
Photo: Zhengan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Little Compton is a rural farming town in Newport County in southeastern Rhode Island. It includes the villages of Adamsville and Sakonnet. It is between the Sakonnet River on its west and Massachusetts and the West Branch of the Westport River to the east.
Rhode Island Sound
- Category: body of water
- Location: Newport County, Rhode Island, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.43344° or 41° 26′ 0″ northLongitude
-71.21616° or 71° 12′ 58″ westElevation
-66 feet (-20 metres)Open location code
87HCCQMM+9GOpenStreetMap ID
node 368985678OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
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Satellite Map
Discover Rhode Island Sound from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Turkish—“Rhode Island Sound” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Rhode Island Sound”
- Cebuano: “Rhode Island Sound”
- Chinese: “羅德島灣”
- Dutch: “Rhode Island Sound”
- Esperanto: “Rod-Insula Golfo”
- French: “Rhode Island Sound”
- German: “Rhode Island Sound”
- Hebrew: “מצר רוד איילנד”
- Italian: “Stretto del Rhode Island”
- Spanish: “Rhode Island Sound”
- Turkish: “Rhode Island Boğazı”
- Turkish: “Rhode Island Sound”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Sakonnet and Easton’s Point.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Little Cormorant Rock and East Island.
Newport County: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Newport, Tiverton, Jamestown, and Middletown.
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