Nautilus Island, Maine

Island Farm in Maine, United States

Nautilus Island, Maine

Island Farm

Nautilus Island, Maine

Location within the state of Maine

Coordinates: 44°22′30″N 68°48′25″W﻿ / ﻿44.37500°N 68.80694°W﻿ / 44.37500; -68.80694
Country| United States
State| Maine
County| Hancock
Elevation

| 45 ft (14 m)
Time zone| UTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)| UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code|

04421

Area code| 207

Nautilus Island is a privately owned island in Penobscot Bay, Maine, United States. It is part of the Town of Brooksville, in Hancock County.

## Overview[edit]

Lying 0.5 mi (0.80 km) south of Castine and guarding the entrance to Castine Harbor, the island has a long, rich history. During the Revolutionary War, the American vessel Hazard engaged the British sloop of war Nautilus off the island's shores and the island has been known as Nautilus ever since. It was captured from the British on July 26, 1779, by men of the Continental Marines commanded by Paul Revere as part of action undertaken by the Penobscot Expedition.[1]

Nautilus Island is 38 acres (15 ha).[2] It has century-old buildings and tennis courts.[2]

The island features in the opening of the famous poem "Skunk Hour" by Robert Lowell: "Nautilus Island's hermit / heiress still lives through winter in her Spartan cottage; / her sheep still graze above the sea. / ... Thirsting for the hierarchic privacy / of Queen Victoria's century, / she buys up all / the eyesores facing her shore, / and lets them fall."[3]

## See also[edit]

* List of islands of Maine
* Penobscot Expedition
* Penobscot Bay

## References[edit]

1. ^ A Naval History of the American Revolution: Chapter XII, The Penoboscot Expedition
2. ^ a b The world's most expensive private islands, The Daily Telegraph
3. ^ Robert Lowell, Collected Poems (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003), p. 191.

## External links[edit]

* Official website

44°22′29″N 68°48′20″W﻿ / ﻿44.374821°N 68.805571°W﻿ / 44.374821; -68.805571

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Islands of Maine

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Hancock|

* Bar
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* Sutton
* Deer Isle
* Eagle
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* Little Deer
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* Nautilus
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Knox|

* Allen
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Lincoln|

* Burnt
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Piscataquis|

* Gero
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Sagadahoc|

* Arrowsic
* Harbor
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Waldo|

* Islesboro
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Washington|

* Birch Islands
* Cross
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* Machias Seal†
* Moose
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* Saint Croix

York|

* Badger's
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