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Aerial view of St. Simons Island, Georgia, showing a sandy shoreline with tidal flats and green, tree-covered land extending into the distance. Ruins of the King's Magazine, Fort Frederica National Monument, St. Simons Island, Georgia, U.S.
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St. Simons Island

island, Georgia, United States
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Aerial view of St. Simons Island, Georgia, showing a sandy shoreline with tidal flats and green, tree-covered land extending into the distance.
St. Simons Island St. Simons Island, southeastern Georgia, U.S., part of the Sea Islands.

Saint Simons Island is a geographical location in southeastern Georgia, United States, situated in the Atlantic Ocean as part of the Sea Islands chain.123

Historically, the island is known for Fort Frederica National Monument, established in 1736 by James Edward Oglethorpe to defend the Georgia colony from Spanish incursions. The English victory at the Battle of Bloody Marsh in 1742 secured Georgia from Spanish threats. The island also holds significance as the site of Igbo Landing in 1803, a tragic event involving the mass suicide of enslaved West Africans.23

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