Somerset Island is one of the main islands of the chain that makes up
Bermuda
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. It lies in the far west of the territory, and covers 2.84 square kilometres.
Description
Somerset Island comprises about half of the
parish of
Sandys, and is the largest of a chain of islands which extends along the northwestern coast of the
Great Sound
The Great Sound is large ocean inlet (a sound) located in Bermuda. It may be the submerged remains of a Pre- Holocene volcanic caldera. Other geologists dispute the origin of the Bermuda Pedestal as a volcanic hotspot.
Geography
The Great Sound ...
. The village of
Somerset
Somerset ( , ; Archaism, archaically Somersetshire , , ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, county in South West England which borders Gloucestershire and Bristol to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east and Devon to the so ...
lies in the northern part of the island, which is connected to
Boaz Island in the northeast and the Bermudian mainland in the south by bridges (the latter of these being the historic
Somerset Bridge).
Geography
The coast of Somerset island includes several bays, notably
Mangrove Bay in the northeast and the natural harbour,
Ely's Harbour, in the southwest. Other features of the island include Daniel's Head, the island's westernmost point near Daniel's Island, and historic
Fort Scaur.
Islands of Bermuda
Sandys Parish
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