Sears Island

Sears Island
Native name: Wassumkeag
Geography
Location	Penobscot Bay
Coordinates	44°26′35″N 68°52′39″W / 44.44306°N 68.87750°W
Area	940 acres (380 ha)
Highest elevation
Administration
	United States
State	Maine
Town	Searsport
Additional information
Time zone	Eastern (EST) (UTC-5);
• Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4);

Sears Island, known as Wassumkeag or shining beach by the indigenous Wabanaki tribes of northern New England, is located off the coast of Searsport in Waldo County, Maine, at the top of Penobscot Bay.^[2] The island is the largest undeveloped, uninhabited, causeway-accessible island on the eastern coast of the United States. It is 940 acres (3.8 km²) in area. It is part of the Town of Searsport.

^ ^a ^b "Sears Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
^ "Maine Local Government - Town of Searsport - Main Page". Archived from the original on 2004-08-08.

[gnis-1] "Sears Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.

[searsport-2] "Maine Local Government - Town of Searsport - Main Page". Archived from the original on 2004-08-08.

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