Round Island
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Phil Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Dorset, England, UK
Places of Interest
Highlights include Long Island and Arne RSPB reserve.
Long Island
Islet
Photo: Stanley Howe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Long Island is an uninhabited island in Poole Harbour in the English county of Dorset. It lies just off the shore of the Arne Peninsular in the south-west of the harbour, and is separated from the nearby, and inhabited, Round Island by a narrow channel only a few feet wide.
Arne RSPB reserve
Nature reserve
Photo: Robin Drayton, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Arne RSPB reserve is a 5.634-square-kilometre nature reserve and Site of Special Scientific Interest maintained by the RSPB and located in Dorset. It was notified as an SSSI in 1986 and the estuarine reedbeds within the site are designated as a national nature reserve.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Maryland and Hamworthy.
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. Maryland is situated 1½ miles east of Round Island.
Hamworthy
Suburb
Photo: Mike Faherty, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Hamworthy is a suburb of Poole, in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. It is sited on a peninsula of approximately 3 square kilometres that is bordered by the town of Upton to the north, Poole Harbour to the south, Lytchett Bay to the west and Holes Bay to the east. Hamworthy is situated 2 miles north of Round Island.
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.
Round Island
- Categories: island, locality, and landform
- Location: Corfe Castle, Purbeck District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.68704° or 50° 41′ 13″ northLongitude
-2.01817° or 2° 1′ 5″ westElevation
46 feet (14 metres)Open location code
9C2VMXPJ+RPOpenStreetMap ID
way 122219440OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Round Island” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Round Island”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Round Island i Dorset”
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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 “Round Island”. Photo: Phil Champion, CC BY-SA 2.0.