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Geography | |
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Location | Gulf of Mexico |
Coordinates | 30°14′N 88°40′W / 30.233°N 88.667°W |
Archipelago | Mississippi–Alabama barrier islands |
Administration | |
State | Mississippi |
County | Jackson County |
Horn Island is a long, thin barrier island off the Gulf Coast of Mississippi, south of Ocean Springs. It is one of the Mississippi–Alabama barrier islands and part of the Gulf Islands National Seashore.[1] Horn Island is several miles long, but less than a mile wide at its widest point. It occupies about 4.2 square miles (11 km2) .