Pond Island National Wildlife Refuge

{{Short description|Protected area in Maine, United States}}

{{hatnote|Not to be confused with Pond Island (Penobscot Bay).}}

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| name = Pond Island National Wildlife Refuge

| iucn_category = IV

| map = USA

| relief = 1

| map_caption = Map of the United States

| map_width = 300

| photo = Pond Island light (4187339751).jpg

| photo_caption = Pond Island National Wildlife Refuge

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| location = Sagadahoc County, Maine, United States

| nearest_city = Phippsburg, Maine

| coordinates = {{coord|43|44|20|N|69|46|15|W|region:US-ME|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

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| area = {{convert|10|acre|ha|abbr=on}}

| established = 1973

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| governing_body = U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

| website = [http://www.fws.gov/refuge/Maine_Coastal_Islands/about/pondisland.html Pond Island National Wildlife Refuge]

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Pond Island National Wildlife Refuge is a National Wildlife Refuge in the state of Maine, United States. It is one of the five refuges that together make up the Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge, along with Petit Manan, Cross Island, Franklin Island, and Seal Island. Pond Island NWR is an island in the mouth of the Kennebec River adjacent to Popham Beach.

Pond Island NWR has a surface area of {{convert|10|acre|ha}}.[http://www.fws.gov/refuges/land/LandReport.html USFWS Lands Report, 30 September 2007] It is one of the smallest refuges in the United States National Wildlife Refuge system. It is part of the Town of Phippsburg.

References

  • [http://www.fws.gov/refuge/Maine_Coastal_Islands Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge]

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Category:National Wildlife Refuges in Maine

Category:Islands of Sagadahoc County, Maine

Category:Protected areas of Sagadahoc County, Maine

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