Hawkins Island, Bermuda
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Hawkins Island is a small island within Bermuda's Great Sound. It lies in the southeast of the sound, and is in the north of Warwick Parish.
Originally named Elizabeth's or Tatem Island, it was renamed in 1809. Now privately owned by the Cox family, it was formerly the property of the Royal Navy, and was a Boer War prisoner of war camp from 1901 to 1902 the watch tower of the camp still stands but has bean converted into a home. It is the most easterly of the group of islands stretching across the sound from the Salt Kettle peninsula.
Coordinates: 32°17′N 64°50′W / 32.283°N 64.833°W
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