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List Of Islands Of The United States
This is a partial list of notable islands of the United States, including its insular areas, which are listed at the end. Alabama Alaska Arizona * Mormon Island (Colorado River) Arkansas * Arbuckle Island California Colorado * Sentinel Island, Lake Dillon * Silver Dollar Island, Lake Dillon * Fishhook Island, Lake Dillon * The Island, Cheesman Reservoir * Elephant Island, Lake Granby * Rainbow Island, Lake Granby * Deer Island, Lake Granby * Gull Island, Lake Granby * Shelter Island, Lake Granby * Harvey Island, Lake Granby * Fish Island, Lake Granby * Piedra Island, Lake Granby * Hadfield Island, South Platte River * Bridge Island, Steamboat Lake * Watson Island, Colorado River Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Several Sea Islands, including * Cockspur Island * Cumberland Island * Jekyll Island * Little Tybee Island * Sapelo Island * St. Catherines Island * St. Simons Island * Tybee Island * Wassaw Island * Ossabaw Island * Egg Island * Wolf Is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Insular Area
In the law of the United States, an insular area is a U.S.-associated jurisdiction that is not part of a U.S. state or the Washington, D.C., District of Columbia. This includes fourteen Territories of the United States, U.S. territories administered under U.S. sovereignty, as well as three sovereign states each with a Compact of Free Association with the United States. The term also may be used to refer to the previous status of the Swan Islands, Honduras, Swan Islands, Hawaii, and the Philippines, as well as the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands when it existed. Three of the U.S. territories are in the Caribbean Sea, eleven are in the Pacific Ocean, and all three freely associated states are also in the Pacific. Two additional Caribbean territories are disputed and administered by Colombia. Article Four of the United States Constitution#Clause 2: Property Clause, Article IV, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution of the United States, U.S. Constitution grants to the Unit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wassaw Island
Wassaw Island is one of the Sea Islands. It is located on the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the U.S. state of Georgia and is within the borders of Chatham County. The island and its surrounding marshlands are part of the Wassaw National Wildlife Refuge, which has a total area of of marsh, mudflats, and tidal creeks, including approximately of undeveloped beaches. The land mass is 76 percent salt marshes and 24 percent beaches, dunes, and maritime forest. The refuge is a part of the Savannah Coastal Refuges Complex. A portion of the island is retained as a private compound for the former owner’s family. The United States government owns most of the island, while a portion is still privately held by the island's former owners, the Parsons family. Loggerhead sea turtles nest on the beaches in late spring and early summer, and turtlers can camp at the turtlers' cabin at the Federal Dock (refuge headquarters office), and then go to the beach at night to observe the turtles. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nine-Mile Island (Mississippi River)
Nine-Mile Island is a river island located in Mosalem Township, Dubuque County, Iowa, between Dubuque, Iowa and Bellevue, Iowa on the Upper Mississippi River. Geography Nine-Mile Island is situated within Pool 12 of the Upper Mississippi River, between Locks and Dams Nos. 11 and 12. The head (northwestern end) of the island is at UMR river mile 574.3, with the southeastern end at mile 571.5. It is about 2 miles long and .5 mile at its widest point, with a total area of 454 acres. Within the island is a lake called Green Lake. The island is immediately downriver from Frentress Lake, site of a popular marina in East Dubuque, Illinois and the former dock of the Silver Eagle Casino. It is adjacent to the unincorporated community of Massey, Iowa, which houses marina facilities. The island is bordered on the southwest by Molo Slough and on the northeast by the USACE's nine-foot navigation channel. Since it is on the Mississippi River, Nine-Mile Island is on the extreme eastern si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mays Island
May's Island (or Mays Island) is a small island on the Cedar River, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Functioning as a civic center much like the ''Île de la Cité'', it is the site of the Memorial Building (the city hall), the Linn County Courthouse, and the county jail. The island plus an adjacent block was listed as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The island and all of its buildings were devastated by the 2008 flood of the Cedar River, with water reaching above the first floors. Until the 2008 flood, the concentration of local and county government on the island served to unify the city on both sides. The Memorial Building was designed by Hunter & Hatton, architects of Cedar Rapids. The Beaux Arts-style Linn County Courthouse was designed by Joseph Royer, of Urbana, as was the county jail. The building masses are long and narrow, like the island itself. The buildings face each other, creating an "insular quality". The concentration o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Credit Island
Credit Island is an island in the Mississippi River on the south west side of Davenport, Iowa within the Quad Cities area. Its name was derived by the use of the island as a trading post for the North American fur trade. Credit could be obtained on the promise of hides and skins to be delivered at a later time, hence the name. It was listed on the Davenport Register of Historic Properties on February 3, 1999. (Click on "Historic Preservation Commission" and then click on "Davenport Register of Historic Properties and Local Landmarks.") War of 1812 On September 4–5, 1814 the Battle of Credit Island, one of the westernmost battles of the War of 1812 was fought here between Sauk Indians with British support and a regiment under the command of Major Zachary Taylor. Preparations for battle Historical reference provided by Sara James Childers British Captain Thomas G Anderson's Journal contains the following entries: Saturday August 27, 1814 — At eight the expedition f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ribeyre Island
Ribeyre Island is located on the Wabash River in Harmony Township, Posey County, Indiana Harmony Township is one of ten townships in Posey County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,245. History Harmony Township was organized in 1821. A large share of the first settlers being Harmonites caused the name to be s ..., southwest of the town of New Harmony. The island is accessible only from the Illinois side. The island is trapped between an old meander of the Wabash, which forms the state boundary between Indiana and Illinois and the main river channel. The island is covered with farm fields, and possibly a single residence. Numerous sloughs mark the southern end of the island. See also * Islands of the Midwest References {{authority control Landforms of Posey County, Indiana River islands of Indiana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holmes Island (Indiana)
Holmes Island is located in Pine Lake, in Center Township, LaPorte County, just northwest of LaPorte, Indiana. The island is a residential community. See also * Islands of the Midwest References Landforms of LaPorte County, Indiana Lake islands of Indiana {{LaPorteCountyIN-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biddle Island (Indiana)
Biddle Island is located in the Wabash River, in downtown Logansport, Indiana Logansport is a city in and the county seat of Cass County, Indiana, United States. The population was 18,366 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Logansport is located in northern Indiana at the junction of the Wabash River, Wabash an ..., just east of the merger of the Eel River and the Wabash. State Route 329 (Burlington Avenue) crosses the island to south bank of the Wabash. There are about twenty private residents on the island, which is about 17 acres. The island was named for its former owner Horace P. Biddle, a local judge and poet. Biddle's home on the island was a large house built by John Tipton. The house was razed in 1961. See also * Islands of the Midwest References Landforms of Cass County, Indiana River islands of Indiana {{CassCountyIN-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock Island Arsenal
The Rock Island Arsenal comprises 946 acres (383 ha) and is located on Arsenal Island, originally known as Rock Island, on the Mississippi River between the cities of Davenport, Iowa, and Rock Island, Illinois. It is home to the United States Army First United States Army, First Army Headquarters, and the United States Army Center of Excellence for Additive Manufacturing. Historically the indigenous Sauk people used Rock Island as their summer camp site. Encroaching European Americans coming into the area disputed the claim of tribal ownership, and competition between the peoples led to the Black Hawk War of 1832. It was named for Black Hawk (Sauk leader), Black Hawk, the primary leader of the Sauk people, Sauk. In 1816 the federal government authorized the army to build Fort Armstrong, Illinois, Fort Armstrong here, to protect shipping on the river in the aftermath of the War of 1812 with Great Britain. Decades after the Civil War, in the 1880s the army established a found ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock Island (Idaho)
Rock Island may refer to: * islets known as rocks or rock islands Places * Rock Island Township (other) Canada Islands * Rock Island (Nunavut) * Rock Islands (Lake Nipissing), an island in Ontario Communities * Rock Island, Quebec, a community within the ''ville'' of Stanstead United States * Rock Island II Site, Rock Island, Door County, Wisconsin; an archaeological site Lakes * Rock Island Lake, Elmore County, Idaho; a lake * Rock Island Pool, Washington State; a reservoir lake Islands * Rock Island (Lake County, Montana), an island in Flathead Lake * Rock Island (Sanders County, Montana), an island in Noxon Reservoir * Rock Island, formerly known as Fortification Rock in Nevada in Lake Mead * Rock Island (New York) on the Saint Lawrence River * Rock Island, in Lake Bonaparte (New York) * Rock Island (Oregon), in the Willamette River * Rock Island (Rhode Island) * Rock Island (Wisconsin) ** Rock Island State Park (Wisconsin) Communiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bartoo Island
Bartoo Island (also Baritoe Island) is an island in Priest Lake (in Bonner County, Idaho), owned by George Bartoo in the late 1800s. Its coordinates are ; the United States Geological Survey The United States Geological Survey (USGS), founded as the Geological Survey, is an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior whose work spans the disciplines of biology, geography, geology, and hydrology. The agency was founded on Mar ... gives its elevation as . Campsites are available on the island. References Landforms of Bonner County, Idaho Lake islands of Idaho {{BonnerCountyID-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackbeard Island
Edward Teach (or Thatch; – 22 November 1718), better known as Blackbeard, was an English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of Britain's North American colonies. Little is known about his early life, but he may have been a sailor on privateer ships during Queen Anne's War before he settled on the Bahamian island of New Providence, a base for Captain Benjamin Hornigold, whose crew Teach joined around 1716. Hornigold placed him in command of a sloop that he had captured, and the two engaged in numerous acts of piracy. Their numbers were boosted by the addition to their fleet of two more ships, one of which was commanded by Stede Bonnet, but Hornigold retired from piracy toward the end of 1717, taking two vessels with him. Teach captured a French slave ship known as , renamed her ''Queen Anne's Revenge,'' equipped her with 40 guns, and crewed her with over 300 men. He became a renowned pirate. His nickname derived from his thick black beard and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
