Amherst Point
Amherst Point is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Cumberland County.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chignecto National Wildlife Area.
Chignecto National Wildlife Area
Nature reserve
Photo: Fralambert, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chignecto National Wildlife Area is a nature reserve.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Amherst.
Amherst
Photo: Azure, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Amherst is a city of 9,400 people in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. Amherst is the county seat and largest population centre in the Cumberland region.
Amherst Point
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Nova Scotia, Canada
- Categories: human settlement, peninsula, and locality
- Location: Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Atlantic Canada, Canada, North America
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Latitude
45.7868° or 45° 47′ 13″ northLongitude
-64.27065° or 64° 16′ 14″ westElevation
17 metres (56 feet)Open location code
87QQQPPH+PPOpenStreetMap ID
node 1626314842OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Amherst Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Amherst Point (punta sa Canada, Nova Scotia)”
- Cebuano: “Amherst Point”
- Dutch: “Amherst Point”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Rubha Amherst”
- Swedish: “Amherst Point”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Laytons Lake and John Lusby Marsh National Wildlife Area.
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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 “Amherst Point”. Photo: Inkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.