Somerset Long Bay Beach
Somerset Long Bay Beach is a beach in Sandys Parish, Bermuda. Somerset Long Bay Beach is situated nearby to Somerset Long Bay West Nature Reserve, as well as near Somerset Long Bay Park.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Current Island and HMS Vixen.
HMS Vixen
Disaster remains
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
HMS Vixen was an armoured composite gunboat, the only ship of her class, and the third ship of the Royal Navy to bear the name. She was the first Royal Navy vessel to have twin propellers. HMS Vixen is situated 1¼ km west of Somerset Long Bay Beach.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Somerset Village and Royal Naval Dockyard.
Somerset Village
Village
Photo: Aodhdubh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Somerset is a small, unincorporated village in the northwest area of Bermuda, located in Sandys Parish. It lies in the northern half of Somerset Island.
Royal Naval Dockyard
Village
Photo: SeanMD80, CC BY-SA 3.0.
HMD Bermuda was the principal base of the Royal Navy in the Western Atlantic between American independence and the Cold War. The Imperial fortress colony of Bermuda had occupied a useful position astride the homeward leg taken by many European vessels from the New World since before its settlement by England in 1609. Royal Naval Dockyard is situated 4½ km northeast of Somerset Long Bay Beach.
Spanish Point
Village
Spanish Point is a prominent headland in Bermuda. It is located in Pembroke Parish five kilometres to the northwest of the capital Hamilton. It forms the eastern coast at the entrance to the Great Sound. Spanish Point is situated 6 km east of Somerset Long Bay Beach.
Somerset Long Bay Beach
- Type: Beach
- Category: landform
- Location: Sandys Parish, Bermuda, Caribbean, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.30435° or 32° 18′ 16″ northLongitude
-64.87191° or 64° 52′ 19″ westOpen location code
874Q843H+P6OpenStreetMap ID
way 915919000OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beach
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Somerset Long Bay Park and Somerset Long Bay West Nature Reserve.
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