Location of Wallops Island, and NASA Facilites

Wallops Island

Wallops Island Research Range launch facilities showing location of support facilities and launch pads.

Wallops Island is a 6 square mile (15.5 km²) island off the east coast of Virginia, part of the barrier islands that stretch along the eastern seaboard of the United States of America. Image File history File links Wallops_Island_location. ... Image File history File links Wallops_Island_location. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Wallops_Island. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Wallops_Island. ... Image File history File links Wallops_Island_map. ... Image File history File links Wallops_Island_map. ... A square mile is an English unit of area equal to that of a square with sides each 1 statute mile (≈1,609 m) in length. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... It has been suggested that Rest of Virginia be merged into this article or section. ... Categories: US geography stubs ...

It is located in Accomack County, Virginia. The island is just south of Chincoteague Island, a popular tourist destination. Accomack County is a county located in the state of Virginia, USA. As of 2000, the population is 38,305. ... Chincoteague (IPA: ) is a town in Accomack County, Virginia, United States. ... A tourist boat travels the River Seine in Paris, France Tourism can be defined as the act of travel for the purpose of recreation, and the provision of services for this act. ...

Wallops Island proper, originally known as Kegotank Island, was granted to John Wallop by the Crown on April 29, 1692. Ownership was divided down through the years until the State of Virginia seized the property in 1876 and 1877 in lieu of unpaid taxes. From 1877, ownership was again divided and sub-divided until 1889 when it was held by various trustees for the Wallops Island Club. The Club was incorporated and assumed ownership in 1933 as the Wallops Island Association, Inc. Association members and their families spent the summers on the island fishing and swimming. The Association grazed sheep, cattle, and ponies on the area until the mid-forties. In 1947, the U.S. Navy began using the upper two-thirds of the island on a lease-rental basis for aviation ordnance testing. The N.A.C.A. (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (forerunner of NASA) leased the lower 1,000 acres (4 km²) for rocket launching facilities. Sir John Wallop (c. ... NACA official seal The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) was a U.S. federal agency founded on March 3, 1915 to undertake, promote, and institutionalize aeronautical research. ... The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an agency of the United States Government, responsible for that nations public space program. ...

The island is primarily used for NASA's Wallops Flight Facility, although the name also refers to the peninsula area surrounding the island for purpose of mailing addresses. Wallops Flight Facility Coordinates: Latitude 37. ... Peninsula A peninsula (from Latin paene insula, almost island) is a geographical formation consisting of an extension of land from a larger body, surrounded by water on three sides. ...

The current population of Wallops Island (the peninsular area, not the island itself) is 434.