What is recorded here
Drake's Island is shown as a island on the public map of Plymouth. The saved point is the map point or the centre of its mapped shape.
Drake's Island, located off the coast of Plymouth, England, has a long history of military use, including as a site for fortifications and a naval base. It is named after Sir Francis Drake, the famous English sea captain, and was once home to a small garrison and later a lunatic asylum in the 19th century.
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Photo: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0