Long Island, Bermuda

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Bermudian house on Long Island in the centre of main harbour Bermuda house on Long Island in the center of main harbour - panoramio.jpg
Bermudian house on Long Island in the centre of main harbour
Location of Long Island in the Great Sound Long Island (Warwick) - Great Sound islands, Bermuda.svg
Location of Long Island in the Great Sound

Long Island is a small island within the Great Sound of Bermuda. [1] It lies in the southeast of the sound, and is in the north of Warwick Parish.

Like its neighbours Nelly, Ports, and Hawkins Islands, it was owned by the British Admiralty, and became a prisoner of war camp during the Second Boer War from 1901 to 1902. [2] A cemetery on the island, which had previously been used by the military for victims of yellow fever, became a Boer War cemetery, and is maintained as a memorial by the Bermuda National Trust. [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Discover Bermuda’s Great Sound," gotobermuda.com. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
  2. ↑ James, Thomas V. "What role did Bermuda play in the Boer War?," The Bermudian , 7 November 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2025.
  3. ↑ "Bermuda, Long Island Boer cemetery, monument," Genealogical Society of South Africa, 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2025.

32°17′10″N64°49′10″W / 32.28611°N 64.81944°W / 32.28611; -64.81944


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