It is located in the centre of the territory, close to the junction between the main part of the main island and the peninsula containing the capital, Hamilton, and Pembroke Parish (to which it is joined in the west).
Natural features in Pembroke include Spanish Point, and Point Shares, as well as numerous small islands off Point Shares.
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The peninsula juts into the eastern side of the Great Sound, the large expanse of water which dominates the geography of western Bermuda.
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As such, its shape bears some passing resemblance to the county of Pembrokeshire in Wales.
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Pembroke Parish is one of the nine parishes of Bermuda.
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It occupies most of the short peninsula which juts from the central north coast of Bermuda's main island, and surrounds the city of Hamilton on three sides (the fourth being taken up by the shore of Hamilton Harbour).
The Pembroke Hamilton Club Zebras are a professional football (soccer) team based in Pembroke Parish who play in the Cingular Wireless Premier Division in Bermuda.
Sailboarding, also known as Windsurfing for the 2013 Island Games, will take place at the Spanish Point Boat Club in Pembroke Parish.
Tennis, for the 2013 Island Games, took place at the William Joell Tennis Stadium in Pembroke Parish, Bermuda.
Volleyball, for the 2013 Island Games, took place at the Berkeley Institute (Pembroke Parish) and the Cedarbridge Academy (Devonshire Parish).
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It is an arm of the Great Sound, and forms a tapering wedge shape of water between Paget Parish and the peninsula which forms Pembroke Parish, and upon which the capital sits.