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Brownsea Island

Brownsea Island is the largest of the islands in , in the county of , England. The island is owned by the National Trust, with the northern half managed by the Dorset Wildlife Trust.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Poole Harbour, Dorset, England, UK
  • Also known as: “Branksea” and “Brownsea”
  • Address: Poole, Dorset BH13 7EE

Places of Interest

Highlights include Brownsea Castle and South Shore Lodge.

Castle
Photo: reemul, CC BY 2.0.
, also known historically as Branksea Castle, was originally a Device Fort constructed by Henry VIII between 1545 and 1547 to protect in , England, from the threat of French attack.

House
Photo: GeorgeHoneywood, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a house.

Building
Photo: Omanihunter, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Maryland and Sandbanks.

Locality
is a deserted village on Brownsea Island in , , England. It was named for the wife of its founder, Colonel William Petrie Waugh.

Suburb
is an affluent of , , on the south coast of England, situated on a narrow spit of around 1 km2 or 0.39 sq mi extending into the mouth of .

Suburb
Photo: Chris Downer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is an area of in , England. It borders , , Lower Parkstone, and Whitecliff and has a shoreline within with views of Brownsea Island and the .

Brownsea Island

Latitude
50.69178° or 50° 41′ 30″ north
Longitude
-1.97187° or 1° 58′ 19″ west
Population
30
Elevation
46 feet (14 metres)
Open location code
9C2WM2RH+P7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 93536922
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
6559622
Wiki­data ID
Q751086
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Satellite Map

Discover Brownsea Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Brownsea Island” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جزيرة براونسي”
  • Bulgarian: “Браунси”
  • Bulgarian: “Остров Браунси”
  • Catalan: “Illa de Brownsea”
  • Cebuano: “Brownsea Island”
  • Chinese: “白浪岛”
  • Chinese: “白浪島”
  • Czech: “Brownsea”
  • Danish: “Brownsea Island”
  • Dutch: “Brownsea Island”
  • Esperanto: “Brownsea”
  • Esperanto: “Insulo Brownsea”
  • Finnish: “Brownsean saari”
  • French: “Brownsea Island”
  • French: “Brownsea”
  • French: “Île de Brownsea”
  • German: “Brownsea Island”
  • Hungarian: “Brownsea Island”
  • Indonesian: “Brownsea Island”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Brownsea”
  • Italian: “Brownsea Island”
  • Italian: “Brownsea”
  • Italian: “isola di Brownsea”
  • Italian: “Isola di Brownsea”
  • Japanese: “ブラウンシー島”
  • Javanese: “Pulo Brownsea”
  • Korean: “브라운시섬”
  • Latin: “Brownsea Island”
  • Latin: “Brownsea”
  • Latin: “Brunci insula”
  • Latin: “Insula Brownsea”
  • Malay: “Pulau Brownsea”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Brownsea Island”
  • Polish: “Brownsea”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha de Brownsea”
  • Russian: “Браунси”
  • Slovenian: “Brownsea Island”
  • Spanish: “Brownsea”
  • Spanish: “Isla de Brownsea”
  • Swedish: “Brownsea Island”
  • Thai: “เกาะบราวน์ซี”
  • Vietnamese: “Đảo Brownsea”

Places with the Same Name

Discover other places named “Brownsea Island”.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Barnes Bottom and Portland Hill.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Natural Play Area and East Lake.

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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 “Brownsea Island”. Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.