Deer Isle Thorofare
USA /
Maine /
Stonington /
World
/ USA
/ Maine
/ Stonington
World / United States / Maine
water, strait / channel / passage / narrows
The Deer Isle Thorofare is a major shipping chanell connecting Penobscot Bay to the the waters aroun Mount Desert Island and the open Atlantic ocean to the east. It is well marked for major vessels with several lighthouses and numerous navigation buoys. It is often considered the safer passage than through the numerous small islands south of Crotch Island.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 44°8'52"N 68°40'14"W
- Eggemogging Reach 20 km
- East Penobscot Bay 28 km
- Blue Hill Bay 30 km
- Union River Bay 42 km
- Toddy Pond 47 km
- Frenchman Bay 49 km
- Branch Lake 54 km
- Taunton Bay 58 km
- Green Lake 59 km
- Graham Lake 71 km
- Greenhead peninsula 0.5 km
- Crotch Island 0.7 km
- Moose Island 0.9 km
- Green Island 1.6 km
- Russ Island 2.1 km
- Town of Stonington 2.3 km
- George Head Island 2.6 km
- St Helena Island 2.7 km
- Deer Isle 10 km
- Isle Au Haut 12 km