Somerset Island is one of the main islands of the chain that makes up
Bermuda
Bermuda is a British Overseas Territories, British Overseas Territory in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean. The closest land outside the territory is in the American state of North Carolina, about to the west-northwest.
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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
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of
Sandys, and is the largest of a chain of islands which extends along the northwestern coast of the
Great Sound. The village of
Somerset
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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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