Post a Picture of the nearest island off your coast

this is the UK we ARE an Isand


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the next. nearest would probably be the Isle of Man about 300 miles away from where I live.. and about 100 miles from further north
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AnnieA said:
Horn Island is one of the Gulf Coast barrier islands off the Mississippi coast and is the only one I've been on. Went for an ecology field trip in undergrad.

It was the haunt of one of my favorite artists, Walter Inglis Anderson, who used to tie himself in a tree on the island during hurricanes.


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Aw yeah!
 
Inept said:
Man-made Peberholm:

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I love driving games and used to play one called Euro Truck Simulator 2. This bridge and the Storebæltsbroen Bridge in Denmark are included in a Scandinavia map addon, are one of my favorite parts of the game. I know I'll never get to see the real bridges, so the 3D models in the game will have to do.

Edit: Oops, I forgot the photo... So the nearest coast is over 100 miles away and I haven't been there in decades, so the best I can do is a photo of my favorite place in the world... Luffenholtz Beach, in Trinidad, California.

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The island is called Camel Rock. I bet you can see why... ;)
 
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Axel Slingerland said:
I love driving games and used to play one called Euro Truck Simulator 2. This bridge and the Storebæltsbroen Bridge in Denmark are included in a Scandinavia map addon, are one of my favorite parts of the game.
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Wow!
Axel Slingerland said:
I know I'll never get to see the real bridges, so the 3D models in the game will have to do.
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Really? Why not? I think there's a direct flight to Copenhagen from Weedpatch International airport. There are also cheap flights from Swedepatch Local to Malmö during the summer months but that is with 1 transfer in Noy Joysie. 😂
 
I live in a coastal town which has several small islands nearby. The one I have chosen to post about is Piel Island which has quite an interesting history. Piel island was the scene of a failed invasion on 5 June 1487, when Lambert Simnel, claiming to be "King Edward VI" landed there. Little is known about Lambert Simnel's background. He was born in Oxford around 1477, but around 1486 his school-master, Richard Simon, spotted his resemblance to the Princes in the Tower, and decided to try to pass him off as the missing Earl of Warwick, son of Edward IV - and hence a claimant to the throne usurped first by Richard III and then by Henry VII.

https://www.cumbriacountyhistory.org.uk/invasion-cumbria-background-barrow


Piel has around 10 inhabitants which consists mainly of the landlord (and family) of the pub (Ship Inn) and a few others who live in the old pilots' cottages. The landlord is known as the 'king' of Piel and is crowned by the pouring of beer over his head. The island can be reached by ferry and the season is from March to September. Gets quite busy during those months with people camping etc. It is possible to walk to Piel from another island, Walney, at low tide which takes approximately 30 minutes.

Ship Inn, Piel Island

Taken a couple of years ago from yet another island (Roa) where you catch the 'ferry' across to Piel. Although I have been to Piel, I didn't go that day, was merely an observer.


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From my location, which is significantly inland, the nearest coastal island would be Anglesey, also known as the Isle of Anglesey. It lies about 270 metres (880 ft) across the narrowest point of the Menai Strait.


Beaumaris Castle on Anglesey. Looking east towards mainland UK (Wales) -- Snowdonia mountains in the background.
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Menai Strait
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South Stack Lighthouse. Near Holyhead, Isle of Anglesey.
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