Bear Island
Bear Island is one of the Thimble Islands off Stony Creek, a section of Branford, Connecticut, USA. It is the site to a former granite quarry, which exported high-quality pink granite to such constructions as the Lincoln Memorial, Grant's Tomb and the base of the Statue of Liberty.- Islet
- Description: island in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States
- Also known as“Bare Island”“Big Curtis Island”“Curtis Island”
Places of Interest
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Little Pumpkin Island
Island
Little Pumpkin Island is an island in the Thimble Islands archipelago.
Davis Island
Island
Davis Island, one of the Thimble Islands off Stony…
Money Island
Islet
Money Island is one of the Thimble Islands off Stony Creek, a section of Branford, Connecticut.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stony Creek and Guilford.
Guilford Historic Town Center
Guilford Historic Town Center is a large historic…
3½ miles northeast of Bear Island
Bear Island
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Latitude
41.25533° or 41° 15′ 19″ north
Longitude
-72.74122° or 72° 44′ 28″ west
Open location code
87H97745+4G
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place = islet
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In Other Languages
“Bear Island” goes by many names.
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