Green Island
Green Island is an island in Poole Harbour in the English county of Dorset. It lies in the central south part of the harbour, south of Brownsea Island and Furzey Island.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island in Poole Harbour, Dorset, England
Places of Interest
Highlights include Furzey Island and Round Island.
Furzey Island
Island
Photo: LordHarris, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Furzey Island is an island in Poole Harbour, in the English county of Dorset; it lies to the south of the larger Brownsea Island. Seen from the water or adjoining land, it looks like another wild pineclad island; however, hidden in the trees are twenty-two oil wells split into two well-sites for the Wytch Farm Oil Field, which is linked by pipeline to Hamble on Southampton Water.
Round Island
Islet
Photo: Phil Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Round Island is an island in Poole Harbour in the English county of Dorset. It lies just off the shore of the Arne Peninsula in the south-west of the harbour, and is separated from the nearby uninhabited Long Island by a narrow channel only a few feet wide.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maryland and Sandbanks.
Maryland
Locality
Maryland is a deserted village on Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour, Dorset, England. It was named for the wife of its founder, Colonel William Petrie Waugh.
Sandbanks
Suburb
Sandbanks is an affluent neighbourhood of Poole, Dorset, 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 Poole Harbour.
Poole
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Poole is a coastal town and seaport in Dorset, on the south coast of England. Poole is a tourist resort, attracting visitors with its large natural harbour, history, the Lighthouse arts centre and Blue Flag beaches.
Green Island
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Corfe Castle, Purbeck District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.67931° or 50° 40′ 46″ northLongitude
-1.99295° or 1° 59′ 35″ westElevation
46 feet (14 metres)Open location code
9C2WM2H4+PROpenStreetMap ID
way 2941748OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
6559624Wikidata ID
Q5602704
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Green Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الجزيرة الخضراء”
- Dutch: “Green Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Green Island i Dorset”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Game Copse and Drove Island.
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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 “Green Island”. Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.