Castine

Castine is a town in in eastern , United States. The population was 1,320 at the 2020 census. Castine is the home of , a four-year institution that graduates officers and engineers for the United States Merchant Marine and marine related industries.
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  • Type: Town with 1,320 residents
  • Description: town in Maine, United States
  • Also known as: “Biguyduce”, “Castine (ME)”, “Castine, Maine”, “Castine, ME”, “Kadeskik*”, “Machabitticus”, “Mesemadega”, “Mosemadage”, “Penobscot”, “Pentagoet”, “カスティーヌ”, “カスティーン”, and “キャスティーン”
  • Postal codes: 04420 and 04421

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wilson Museum and Dyce Head Light.

Museum
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The is a museum in Castine, , . It was founded using the collection of Dr John Howard Wilson, a geologist.

Lighthouse
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is a lighthouse located at the southernmost point of the Castine peninsula in . Built in 1829 to guide vessels along the Penobscot River and into Castine Harbor, the lighthouse served the region's flourishing shipbuilding and lumber trade until its deactivation in 1937.

Island
is a privately owned island in , , United States. It is part of the Town of , in .

Castine

Latitude
44.3878° or 44° 23′ 16″ north
Longitude
-68.7966° or 68° 47′ 48″ west
Population
1,320
Elevation
82 feet (25 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US CAS
Open location code
87PH96Q3+48
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158806784
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4960381
Wiki­data ID
Q1049333
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Castine” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كاستين”
  • Catalan: “Castine”
  • Chechen: “Кастин”
  • Chinese: “卡斯廷”
  • Dagbani: “Castine”
  • Dutch: “Castine”
  • French: “Castine”
  • German: “Castine”
  • Haitian: “Castine, Maine”
  • Haitian: “Castine”
  • Hungarian: “Castine”
  • Irish: “Castine”
  • Italian: “Castine”
  • Japanese: “カスタイン”
  • Kazakh: “Кастин”
  • Kirghiz: “Кастин”
  • Mazanderani: “کستین”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Castine (Maine)”
  • Norwegian: “Castine”
  • Persian: “کستین، مین”
  • Persian: “کستین”
  • Polish: “Castine”
  • Russian: “Кастин”
  • Serbian: “Кастин”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Castine, Maine”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Castine”
  • Slovenian: “Castine”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کاستین، مئین”
  • Spanish: “Castine”
  • Tatar: “Кастин”
  • Turkish: “Castine”
  • Ukrainian: “Кастін”
  • Urdu: “کاسٹائن، مین”
  • Volapük: “Castine”
  • Welsh: “Castine, Maine”
  • Welsh: “Castine”

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