All sights in Bermuda

Google Sightseeing takes you on tour of the world as seen from satellite, using the free Google Earth program, or Google Maps in your web browser. Each weekday your guides James and Alex present new weird and wonderful sights as suggested by readers.

The editors: James & Alex

Somerset Bridge, Bermuda

Posted by Alex Turnbull, Friday, 31st March 2006

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This is the Somerset Bridge in Bermuda – which is apparently the smallest working drawbridge in the world! Wikipedia says the bridge:

consists of two cantilevered half-spans, separated by a 32-inch (80 cm) gap bridged by a thick timber panel. The panel is removed whenever a yacht wishes to pass beneath the bridge, allowing the unsailed mast to pass through the gap.

Some dude at Princeton (who’s lucky enough to take family holidays in Bermuda) has a great river-level shot of this tiny sight.

Thanks to Sara.

Bermuda

Posted by James Turnbull, Friday, 22nd April 2005

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Out in the Atlantic Ocean is a small patch of high-res photos where you’ll find the island of Bermuda, an internally self-governing island overseas territory of the United Kingdom. Reader Patrick pointed out a Cruise Liner docked to the East of the island and Bill Beaty noticed a “wave-radiating aperture” for all you physicists.

Bermuda