Cumberland Island
30°51′N 81°27′W
Cumberland Island, in the southeastern United States, is the largest of the Sea Islands of Georgia. The long-staple Sea Island cotton was first grown here by a local family, the Millers, who helped Eli Whitney develop the cotton gin. With its unusual range of wildlife, the island has been declared a National Seashore.
Terrain
30°51′N 81°27′W
Overview
Cumberland Island, in the southeastern United States, is the largest of the Sea Islands of Georgia. The long-staple Sea Island cotton was first grown here by a local family, the Millers, who helped Eli Whitney develop the cotton gin. With its unusual range of wildlife, the island has been declared a National Seashore. Little Cumberland Island is connected to the main island by a marsh.
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Chart
Nearest islands
- Jekyll Island25 km
- Amelia Island27 km
- Little St. Simons Island51 km
- Ossabaw Island111 km
- Fripp Island187 km
- Johns Island245 km
Also in Sea Islands
Johns Island
217 km²
Major islands
Ossabaw Island
105 km²
Major islands
Amelia Island
47.1 km²▲ 4 m
Major islands
Fripp Island
11.9 km²▲ 1 m
Minor islands
Morris Island
3.4 km²
Minor islands
Bull Island
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Minor islands
Jekyll Island
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Minor islands
Little St. Simons Island
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Minor islands
Photographs
Looking North from Dungeness runway. Kings Bay Submarine Base can be seen in the upper left.
Aerial view of Cumberland Island from the southwest, as viewed from an aircraft shortly after takeoff from Jacksonville International Airport.
Cumberland Island
Trail, Cumberland Island, Georgia, USA
Memories of Summer, mid November.
Cumberland Island
St. Marys, GA, USA
Pleopeltis polypodioides — Resurrection fern, in dry state. On Cumberland Island at the Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia.
Pleopeltis polypodioides — Resurrection fern, in dry state. On Cumberland Island at the Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia.
St. Marys, GA, USA
Camden County, GA, USA
Sources
Facts
Photographs
- CINS Beach, Looking North. Flatwoods 36 / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Cumberland Island Georgia aerial March 2019. Tim Kiser / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Cumberland Island (24520036268). gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K / CC BY 2.0
- DSC0219wc. P. Hughes / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Waves, Cumberland Island. (37613944315). gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K / CC BY 2.0
- Cumberland Island (26615744029). gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K / CC BY 2.0
- St. Marys, GA, USA - panoramio (1). Rick Shu / CC BY-SA 3.0
- Pleopeltis polypodioides Cumberland Island 1. a.dombrowski / CC BY-SA 2.0
- Pleopeltis polypodioides Cumberland Island 2. a.dombrowski / CC BY-SA 2.0
- St. Marys, GA, USA - panoramio (3). Rick Shu / CC BY-SA 3.0
- Cumberland Island Main Road With Armadillos. Will.i.am / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Camden County, GA, USA - panoramio (1). Rick Shu / CC BY-SA 3.0