Place details
Place nameIsle of Wight
Other namesI of W, IOW, IoW, Ictis, Vectis
CountryUnited Kingdom
Latitude50.633
Longitude-1.333
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Island located in English Channel off south coast of Hampshire, separated from mainland by The Solent; annexed to Rome under Vespasian in 43 CE, to Wessex under the Saxons 661 and under Danish control 998; Queen Victoria died here at Osbourne House 1901.