Amelia Island

Amelia Island
Marshes surrounding Amelia Island
Amelia Island is located in Florida
Amelia Island
Amelia Island
Amelia Island
Amelia Island is located in North Atlantic
Amelia Island
Amelia Island
Amelia Island (North Atlantic)
Geography
LocationNorth Atlantic
Coordinates30°36′56″N 81°27′14″W / 30.61556°N 81.45389°W / 30.61556; -81.45389
Length21 km (13 mi)
Width6.5 km (4.04 mi)
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Time zone
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Amelia Island is a part of the Sea Islands chain that stretches along the East Coast of the United States from South Carolina to Florida; it is the southernmost of the Sea Islands, and the northernmost of the barrier islands on Florida's Atlantic coast.[1] Lying in Nassau County, Florida, it is 13 miles (21 km) long and approximately 4 miles (6.4 km) wide at its widest point. The communities of Fernandina Beach, Amelia City, and American Beach are located on the island.

  1. ^ Lionel Stevenson; Clyde de L. Ryals (1974). Nineteenth-century Literary Perspectives: Essays in Honor of Lionel Stevenson. Duke University Press. p. 22. ISBN 0-8223-0515-1.