Holland Island

Holland Island
The last house on Holland Island in October 2009. It fell into the Bay in October 2010.
Map
Geography
LocationChesapeake Bay
Coordinates38°7′44″N 76°5′20″W / 38.12889°N 76.08889°W / 38.12889; -76.08889
Area0.125 sq mi (0.32 km2)[1][2]
Administration
United States
StateMaryland
Demographics
Population0

Holland Island was a marshy, rapidly eroding island in the Chesapeake Bay, in Dorchester County, Maryland, west of Salisbury. The island was once inhabited by watermen and farmers but has since been abandoned due to sinking of the land's surface associated with isostatic subsidence and sea level rise. It is located in the Holland Strait, between Bloodsworth Island and Smith Island, six miles west of Wenona, Maryland and Southeast of another former island, Long Island.

  1. ^ Winegar, Deane (2000). Highroad Guide to Chesapeake Bay. Marietta, Georgia: Longstreet Press. p. 266. ISBN 978-0-89587-279-1. Retrieved October 29, 2010.
  2. ^ Figure originally given as 80 acres.