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Charles Island

Charles Island is a 14-acre located roughly 0.5 mile off the coast of , in . Charles Island is accessible from shore via a tombolo, which is exposed at low tide.
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  • Type: Islet
  • Description: island in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States
  • Also known as: “Allen Island”, “Eaquahaug Island”, “Milford Island”, and “Poquahaug Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Bridgeport Hospital Milford Campus and Milford station.

Hospital
Photo: Sgt. R.K. Blue, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a not-for-profit hospital offering acute-care services, including ED, urgent care, joint replacement and wound care. It is located at 300 Seaside Avenue in . is situated 2 miles north of Charles Island.

Railway station
Photo: Sgt. R.K. Blue, CC BY 3.0.
is a commuter rail station on the Northeast Corridor in . It is served by the Metro-North Railroad New Haven Line plus limited CT Rail Shore Line East service. is situated 2 miles north of Charles Island.

Library
Photo: Sgt. R.K. Blue, CC BY 3.0.
The , also known as Taylor Library or Old Library, is a historic former library building at 5 Broad Street in . is situated 2 miles north of Charles Island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Milford and Devon.

Photo: Fadein, CC0.
is a city in New Haven County, . It is bordered to the south by Long Island sound, to the west by the Housatonic river, to the North by the town of Orange, and to the east by the town of West Haven.

Village
The village of is a neighborhood of the city of , , United States. It lies on the southwest corner of the city bordering and the mouth of the . is situated 2½ miles west of Charles Island.

Neighborhood
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The is a 220-acre historic district in . The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. is situated 4 miles west of Charles Island.

Charles Island

Latitude
41.19138° or 41° 11′ 29″ north
Longitude
-73.05503° or 73° 3′ 18″ west
Elevation
30 feet (9 metres)
Open location code
87H85WRV+HX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 22692601
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
5283783
Wiki­data ID
Q721961
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Russian—“Charles Island” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Charles Island”
  • Dutch: “Charles Island”
  • French: “Charles Island”
  • German: “Charles Island”
  • Japanese: “チャールズ島”
  • Persian: “جزیره چارلز”
  • Persian: “جزیرهٔ چارلز”
  • Russian: “Чарльз”

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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 “Charles Island”. Photo: makemake, CC BY-SA 3.0.