McIntosh County, Georgia (GA), United States, North America
Latitude
31°28'N
Longitude
81°14'W
Sapelo Island
(SAP-uh-lo), one of the Sea Isls., in McIntosh
co., SE Ga., just off the coast, bet. St. Catherines and St.
Simons isls.; c.10 mi/16 km long,
5 mi/8 km wide; 31°28'N 81°14'W. Small
Sapelo Sound at N end. Owned by state of Ga. Sapelo Isl. Natl.
Estuarine Research Reserve. Significant research facilities operated by
the Univ. of Ga. Gray's reef located
18 mi/29 km off the coast is a natl.
marine sanctuary. Hog Hammock is a small Afr.-Amer. community on the
isl.
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