Saint George's Island (Bermuda)

Saint George's Island
Location of the island within Bermuda
Waters	Atlantic Ocean
Archipelago	Bermuda
Geographical location	32 ° 23 '5 "  N , 64 ° 40' 40"  W Coordinates: 32 ° 23 '5 "  N , 64 ° 40' 40"  W.
length	4.9 km
width	600 m
surface	2.8 km²
Highest elevation	40  m
Residents	1500 536 inhabitants / km²
main place	Saint George's

Saint George's Island is an island in the extreme northeast of the west Atlantic archipelago of Bermuda . It mainly belongs to St. George's Parish , an administrative area in eastern Bermuda.

geography

The approximately 2.8 km² island is divided into two almost equally large areas by Mullet Bay and a narrow isthmus located there . In the slightly hilly northern part of the island, which borders on the bay of Saint George's Harbor to the south , is the capital of the same name, Saint George’s , while in the sparsely populated, flat southern part there are mainly industrial plants and a commercial port .

Saint George's Island is connected by a small bridge to the neighboring island of Saint David’s to the south , on which the international airport of Bermuda is located. Today there is no longer any direct connection to the main Bermudian island ( Grand Bermuda ). In the past, a railway line ran over a narrow, 300 meter long bridge from the southern tip of Saint George's Island to Coney Island and from there over another bridge to the main island. Today the indirect route leads over a 1,000 meter long roadway ( The Causeway ) from the southwest of the airport island of Saint David's to the northeast tip of Grand Bermuda. There are also numerous ferry connections between the islands.

history

Saint George's Island, at times called King's Island , was the earliest colonized part of Bermuda. The name of the island probably goes back to the English admiral Sir George Somers , who founded the first settlements on the Bermuda Islands in 1609.

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