Crooked Island (other)
There are at least two Crooked Islands: *Crooked Island, Hong Kong, also called "Kat O" *Crooked Island, Bahamas *Crooked Island (Michigan) in Lake Huron Lake Huron ( ) is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. Hydrology, Hydrologically, it comprises the easterly portion of Lake Michigan–Huron, having the same surface elevation as Lake Michigan, to which it is connected by the , Strait ...

Kat O
Kat O () also named Crooked Island, is an island in Northeast Hong Kong. Administration Administratively, Kat O is part of North District, Hong Kong, North District. It is a recognized village under the New Territories Small House Policy. Geography Kat O is located in the west of Mirs Bay.Hong Kong GeoparkKat O Nature Trail/ref> With an area of 2.35 km², it is the largest island in North District, the second largest being Double Island, Hong Kong, Wong Wan Chau (Double Island). Neighbouring islands include: Ap Chau, Ngo Mei Chau (Crescent Island), and Pak Sha Chau (North District), Pak Sha Chau (Round Island). The village of Tung O () is located on its northwest coast. Its highest point is Kai Kung Leng (), which is 122 m above sea level. O Pui Tong () is a bay surrounded by the crook-shaped Crooked Island and Yeung Chau, North District, Yeung Chau. O Pui Tong, together with the northwestern waters of Kat O, are two of the 26 designated Agriculture and aquaculture in Hon ...
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Crooked Island, Bahamas
Crooked Island is an island and district, part of a group of Bahamian islands defining a large, shallow lagoon called the Bight of Acklins, of which the largest are Crooked Island in the north and Acklins in the south-east, and the smaller are Long Cay (once known as Fortune Island) in the north-west, and Castle Island in the south. History The islands were settled by American Loyalists in the late 1780s who set cotton plantations using over 1,000 slaves. After the abolition of slavery in the British Empire these became uneconomical, and the replacement income from sponge Sponges, the members of the phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), are a basal animal clade as a sister of the diploblasts. They are multicellular organisms that have bodies full of pores and channels allowing water to circulate throug ... diving has now dwindled as well. The inhabitants now live by fishing and small-scale farming. It is believed that the first Post Office in the Bahamas w ...
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Crooked Island (Michigan)
There are at least two Crooked Islands: * Crooked Island, Hong Kong, also called "Kat O" *Crooked Island, Bahamas * Crooked Island (Michigan) in Lake Huron Lake Huron ( ) is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. Hydrologically, it comprises the easterly portion of Lake Michigan–Huron, having the same surface elevation as Lake Michigan, to which it is connected by the , Straits of Ma ...