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Drakes Island |
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| Navigational landmark. Drakes Island is situated to the east of Mount Edgecumbe in Plymouth Sound. It is a small rocky island fortified to protect the approaches to the western and eastern harbours within the Tamar and Plym River estuaries. |
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Published by South Seas, 1 February 2004 Comments, questions, corrections and additions: Paul.Turnbull@jcu.edu.au Prepared by: Paul Turnbull Updated: 28 June 2004 To cite this page use: http://nla.gov.au/nla.cs-ss-biogs-P000028 |