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St. David's Island is one of the main islands of the British Overseas Territory of Bermuda. It is located in the far north of the territory, one of the two similarly sized islands that make up the majority of St. George's Parish. The island was originally 503 acres (2.04 square kilometres) in size.
The shape of St. David's Island, and of Castle Harbour (originally Southampton Harbour), was radically altered by the construction of the airfield, which began in 1941. Kindley Air Force Base was a United States Air Force base in Bermuda from 1948–1970, having been operated from 1943 to 1948 by the United States Army Air Forces as Kindley Field .
St. David's Head is a headland in the northeast of St. David's Island, Bermuda.It is the easternmost point of the territory, and is located in St. George's Parish.Actually two headlands (Great Head and Little Head), it is the site of Great Head Battery, one of the many forts that surround the site of the territory's first settlement in the early 17th century, which is now open to the public as ...
Off southeast coast of Saint David's Island. Paget Island 32°22′30″N 64°39′35″W / 32.37500°N 64.65972°W / 32.37500; -64.65972 ( Page
St. David's Lighthouse is an active 19th century lighthouse sited at the eastern end of St. David's Island on a hill overlooking the headland of St. David's in Bermuda.It is one of only two 'traditional lighthouses' in Bermuda, the other being Gibbs Hill Lighthouse at the south-western end of the main island, both lights are well known tourist attractions.
Naval Air Station Bermuda (Kindley Field) (usually described in Bermuda as United States Naval Air Station Bermuda, and not to be confused with the former Royal Naval Air Station Bermuda or the United States Naval Air Station Bermuda Annex, which had previously been designated US Naval Operating Base Bermuda, then US Naval Air Station Bermuda), was located on St. David's Island in the British ...
The infilling of waterways between St. David's Island and Long Bird Island in the 1940s, as well as the Causeway joining the contiguous landmass so created (which the causeway predates) means only small boats can pass between the two Harbours, today. [2] It was once common to use the term roads in reference to a waterway.
St. George's Island is one of the main islands of the territory of Bermuda and lies within St. George's Parish (originally designated the General Land, in distinction to the other eight parishes subdivided as private shares) at the East End of the archipelago (actually the northeast of the territory).