Main Island, Bermuda

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Grand Bermuda

Bermuda

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Highest point: Town Hill, 259 feet
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Grand Bermuda, more usually known as Main Island, is the largest by far of the many isles of Bermuda.

This island, 14 miles long and 1 mile wide. The territory's capital, Hamilton, is on the island. Here too is the territory top, its highest hill, namely Town Hill (locally called 'The Peak'), at 259 feet.

The history of this island is largely that of the colony itself, though it was not the place of the first settlement nor the islands' first capital, which was St George's, on its eponymous St George's Island in the east.

The north coast of the island is on the Great Sound, a water sheltered by Bermuda's reef, and the south coast is on the open Atlantic Ocean.

Islands of Bermuda

Agar'sBanjoBartlett'sBartramBayBethell'sBirdBluck'sBoazBrooksBurntBurt (Warwick)Burt's (St George's)CastleCatCaveCharlesCobbler'sCooperCrawlCrossCrowCurrentDanielDarrellDenslowsDoctor'sDyerElizabethFernFive StarGallowsGibbetGoat (Pembroke)Goat (St George's)Godet (Paget)Godet's (Warwick)GooseGovernor'sGraceGrasbury'sGreat BermudaGreat Oswego • The Greek Letter Islands (αβγδεζηθικλω) • HaggisHairbrushHallHamilton IslandHawkinsHenHiggs'Hinson (Paget)Hinson's (Soton)HorseshoeHospitalHuntz (Soton)Hunts (Warwick)IdolInnerInner PearIrelandIrresistibleKeroseneLefroyLittle OswegoLittle Rogue'sLong BirdLong (Hamilton)Long (St George's)Long (Warwick)MagazineMainMalabarMarshallMiddleMoresby'sMorgan'sMountMouseNellyNo NameNonsuchOld CastleOne TreeOrdnanceOuterPagetPalmPartridgePeggy'sPerotPortsRabbitRegattaReidRickett'sRiddell'sRogueRushySt David'sSt George'sSt Michael'sSaltusSmith'sSomersetSpanishSpectacle (Paget)Spectacle (Soton)Spectacle (Warwick)SwanTilleyTrunkTurtleVerrillWatfordWatlingWestcottWhaleWhalersWhiteWhiteWilson