Higgs Island
Higgs Island | ||
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Location of Higgs Island (circled in red) within Bermuda |
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Waters | Atlantic Ocean | |
Archipelago | Bermuda | |
Geographical location | 32 ° 22 '39.2 " N , 64 ° 39' 45.7" W | |
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length | 165 m | |
width | 105 m | |
surface | 1.7 ha | |
Highest elevation | 9 m | |
Residents | uninhabited |
Higgs Island is a small, almost rectangular island in northeastern Bermuda . It is located between the south-east coast of Saint George's Island and the north-west coast of Paget Island , directly on the Bermudian waterway Town Cut .
The island is connected to Horseshoe Island to the southwest by a narrow spit barely 70 meters long . The two densely forested islets belong to the Bermuda administrative area of Saint George's Parish , but are not inhabited.