Drove Island
Drove Island is an island in Studland, Purbeck District, England. Drove Island is situated nearby to the locality Brand’s Point, as well as near Goathorn Point.Places of Interest
Highlights include Brownsea Island and Green Island.
Brownsea Island
Island
Brownsea Island is the largest of the islands in Poole Harbour, in the county of Dorset, England. The island is owned by the National Trust, with the northern half managed by the Dorset Wildlife Trust.
Green Island
Island
Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
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.
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.
Nine Barrow Down
Locality
Photo: StephenDawson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nine Barrow Down is an elongated hill forming the northern ridge of the Purbeck Hills on the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, England. The chalk down is part of the extensive Southern England Chalk Formation.
Drove Island
- Type: Island
- Categories: shrubland, locality, and landform
- Location: Studland, Purbeck District, Dorset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
50.66601° or 50° 39′ 58″ northLongitude
-1.9793° or 1° 58′ 46″ westOpen location code
9C2WM28C+C7OpenStreetMap ID
way 123159433OpenStreetMap feature
natural=scrubOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
13285803
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Brand’s Point and Goathorn Point.
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