Eastern Egg Rock
USA /
Maine /
Monhegan /
World
/ USA
/ Maine
/ Monhegan
World / United States / Maine
island, birds
Located in outer Muscongus Bay, Eastern Egg Rock is barren, inhabited by puffins and terns.
By early 1900s puffins were extinct from most of Maine's coast, including Eastern Egg Rock. They were reintroduced starting in 1973 in an effort dubbed "Project Puffin", led by Stephen Kress.
www.projectpuffin.org
By early 1900s puffins were extinct from most of Maine's coast, including Eastern Egg Rock. They were reintroduced starting in 1973 in an effort dubbed "Project Puffin", led by Stephen Kress.
www.projectpuffin.org
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 43°51'39"N 69°22'55"W
- Allen Island 5.1 km
- Hupper Island 11 km
- Louds Island 11 km
- Gay Island 12 km
- Friendship Long Island 12 km
- Davis Point 14 km
- Hog Island 14 km
- Bradford Point 15 km
- Bremen Long Island 16 km
- Wadsworth Point 18 km
- Franklin Island 3.5 km
- Franklin Island - Lighthouse 3.5 km
- Bristol, Maine 6.5 km
- Muscongus Sound - Louds Island passage 8.7 km
- Friendship, Maine 11 km
- Saint George, Maine 17 km