Mushroom Island

Mushroom Island is an islet in Grenada. Mushroom Island is situated nearby to the village Hermitage, as well as near Belmont.

Type: Islet
Description: island near Carriacou, Grenada
Also known as: “Mushroom / GoCola”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Saline Island and Large Island.

Saline Island

Islet

Saline Island is a small, 64 acre islet between Grenada and Carriacou. It is located next to Frigate Island. There is a single watchman living in a 2 bedroom house.

Large Island is an islet between the main island and Grenadines of Grenada. It is an uninhabited island and forms part of Carriacou and Petite Martinique, a dependency of Grenada. Large Island is situated 1½ miles south of Mushroom Island.

Frigate Island

Islet

Frigate Island is a small islet between Grenada and Carriacou. Situated just 0.463 miles north-east of “Large Island” and 0.792 miles south-west from ”Saline Island”, and 1.596 miles from Grenada's sister island of Carriacou, one mile due south of Ashton, and half mile from the nearest part of Union Island. Frigate Island is situated 1½ miles southeast of Mushroom Island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hermitage and Hillsborough.

Hermitage

Village

Hermitage is a town on the island of Carriacou in Grenada.

Hillsborough

Town

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Carriacou is the second-largest island of the Caribbean nation of Grenada. It's about 12 miles long by 3 miles wide, and in 2022 had a population of 6081. It's a quiet relaxing place where the main attraction is scuba diving on its coral reefs. Hillsborough is situated 4½ miles northeast of Mushroom Island.