Amherst Island
Amherst Island is located in Lake Ontario, 10 kilometres west of Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Amherst Island, being wholly in Lake Ontario, is upstream, above the St Lawrence River Thousand Islands.
- Island
- …has about 450 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 80 metres (250 feet)
- …is named after Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst
- Description: island in Ontario, Canada
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Amherstview.
Amherstview
Suburb
Amherstview is an unincorporated community in the township of Loyalist, Ontario.
10 km northeast of Amherst Island
Amherst Island
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Latitude
44.14672° or 44° 8′ 48″ north
Longitude
-76.71569° or 76° 42′ 57″ west
Open location code
87P547WM+MP
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place = island
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Amherst Island” goes by many names.
Amherst IslandSwedish
Amherst Island, OntarioSwedish
Amherst AdasıTurkish
Amherst IslandTurkish
Places with the Same Name
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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