- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Sapelo Island
- Creator:
- Sullivan, Buddy
- Date of Original:
- 2002-06-17
- Subject:
- Sapelo Island (Ga.)
Barrier islands--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, McIntosh County, 31.48381, -81.37557
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Sapelo Island, Georgia. Sapelo Island, situated about sixty miles south of Savannah, lies in the center of coastal Georgia's well-defined chain of barrier islands. The 16,500-acre island is Georgia's fourth largest and, excepting the 434-acre African American community of Hog Hammock, is entirely state owned and managed. The island comprises various entities in addition to Hog Hammock, including the University of Georgia Marine Institute, the Richard J. Reynolds Wildlife Management Area, and the Sapelo Island National Estuarine Research Reserve. The latter two are administered by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.
GSE identifier: SS2G1 - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/geography-environment/sapelo-island/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "Sapelo Island," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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