Friday, May 30, 2008

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World Wide Long Island 9

Long Island (Washington), one of the San Juan Islands

Long Island is an uninhabited island lying in the southern part of Willapa Bay in Pacific County, Washington, USA. It is the site of the Willapa National Wildlife Refuge, part of the United States National Wildlife Refuge System. The island has a land area of 21.666 km² (8.3654 sq mi).

Long Island (Wisconsin), one of the Apostle Islands in Lake Superior

Long Island is an island in Lake Superior in Wisconsin usually identified with the Apostle Islands. It is geologically different from the other islands, though, in that it is actually just an extension of the spit off Chequamegon Point. It is a part of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore.

Long Island City, Queens was an independent city in Queens County, New York before the formation of City of Greater New York in 1898

Long Island City (often abbreviated L.I.C.) is the western-most neighborhood of the borough of Queens in New York City. It is bounded on the north and west by the East River; on the east by Hazen Street, 49th Street, and New Calvary Cemetery, and on the south by Newtown Creek, which separates Queens from Greenpoint, Brooklyn. It originally was the seat of government of Newtown Township, and remains the largest neighborhood in Queens Borough. The area is part of Queens Community Board 1 north of the Queensboro Bridge and Queens Community Board 2 south of the Bridge.

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Thursday, May 29, 2008

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World Wide Long Island 8

Long Island (Cecil County, Maryland) an island in Maryland

Long Island (Tennessee), an island on the Holston River

Long Island is an island in the Holston River at Kingsport in eastern Tennessee.

Originally held by the Cherokees, the island played an important role in the early history of the region.

There are only a handful of houses on the island now. About half of Long Island now contains a park administered by the City of Kingsport. The other half of the island is the site of a waste treatment plant owned by Tennessee Eastman Chemical Company. Most

Long Island (Massachusetts), the longest island in Boston Harbor

Long Island is situated in Quincy Bay, in the middle of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. The island forms part of the City of Boston, and of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area. It is only accessible by road over a 4,175-foot (1,273 m) causeway from the Squantum peninsula of North Quincy to Moon Island, and from there, over a 3,050-foot (930 m) two-lane steel bridge from Moon Island to Long Island. The bridge is officially called the Long Island Viaduct. The island is 1.75 miles (2.82 km) long and covers 225 acres (0.9 km²).

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Wednesday, May 28, 2008

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World Wide Long Island 7

United States

Long Island, an island and geographical area of New York State

Long Island is the largest island in the continental United States (extending approximately 118 miles and twenty miles at its widest point) and the most gorgeous. It is also the most populated island in the U.S. and ranks 17th in the world..

he East End of the island is made up of two forks. The North Fork is approximately 28 miles long; terminating around Orient Point the southern is approximately 44 miles long - terminating at Montauk Point.

The Native American name for the island is Paumonauk, which means “fish-shaped " island. Today many Native

American place names are a reminder of Long Island's original residents.
Long Island has a complex governance structure that includes two counties (Nassau County and Suffolk County), two cities (Long Beach and Glen Cove), 13 towns, 94 villages and 127 school districts.

Long Island, Florida, a barrier island in Florida

Jupiter Island is a barrier island on the coast of Martin and Palm Beach counties, Florida. It is bounded on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the north by the St. Lucie Inlet, on the west by the Indian River, and on the south by the Jupiter Inlet, Jupiter Island originally was two islands, Long Island on the north and Jupiter Island on the south, which were once separated by an inlet in the vicinity of North Jupiter Narrows and what is officially called Peck Lake, but commonly called Peck's Lake.

Long Island, Kansas, a city in Phillips County

Long Island is a city in Phillips County, Kansas, United States. The population was 155 at the 2000 census.

Long Island, Maine, a town on an island of the same name in Cumberland County

Long Island is an island town in Cumberland County, Maine that seceded from the City of Portland in 1993. The population was 202 as of the 2000 census. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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Tuesday, May 27, 2008

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United Kingdom (cont.)

Long Island, West Sussex, England

Langstone Harbour is an English inlet of the English Channel, sandwiched between Portsea Island to the south and west, Hayling Island to the south and east, and Langstone to the north. Geographically it is a ria.

Together with Chichester Harbour, which is at the other (eastern) side of Hayling Island it is designated as a Special Protection Area for wildlife. West of Portsmouth is Portsmouth Harbor and the three linked harbors are important recreational and conservation areas as well as supporting commercial fishing and shipping. It is administered by the Langstone Harbour Board.

It contains Baker's Island, North Binness Island, South Binness Island and Long Island. These are subject to erosion and during the 1990s a seven-year archaeology project took place before their history was lost to the seas.

Outer Hebrides in Scotland are sometimes referred to as "The Long Island" (An t-Eilean Fada)

The Outer Hebrides, (officially known for local government purposes by the Gaelic name, Na h-Eileanan Siar) comprise an island chain off the west coast of Scotland. The local government area is one of the 32 unitary council areas of Scotland.

The islands form part of the Hebrides, separated from the Scottish mainland and from the Inner Hebrides by the stormy waters of the Minch, the Little Minch and the Sea of the Hebrides. Formerly the dominant language of the Islands, Scottish Gaelic remains widely spoken even though it has now been largely supplanted by English in some parts.

The name for the UK Parliament constituency covering this area is Na h-Eileanan an Iar, whilst the Scottish Parliament constituency for the area continues to be officially known as Western Isles although it is almost always written as Western Isles (Eilean Siar). The islands were known as Suðreyjar ("Southern Islands"; cf. Suðrland) under Norwegian rule for about 200 years until sovereignty was transferred to Scotland in the Treaty of Perth in 1266, which followed the Battle of Largs three years earlier. Colloquially, they are sometimes referred to collectively as An t-Eilean Fada or "The Long Island"; Na h-Eileanan a-Muigh (the Outer Isles) is also heard occasionally in Scottish Gaelic.

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Monday, May 26, 2008

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World Wide Long Island 5

Seychelles

Long Island, Seychelles, one of the inner granitic islands of the Seychelles

Sri Lanka

Long Island, Sri Lanka, another name for Delft Island or Nedun Theevu, Sri Lanka

United Kingdom

Inchfad (meaning long island), Stirling

Inchfad (Scottish Gaelic: Innis Fada, meaning "long island") is an island in the south east of Loch Lomond in Scotland.

Inchfad is about a mile long and forty hectares in size. It forms part of the parish of Buchanan in west central Scotland. Formerly in Stirlingshire it now falls under Stirling Council.

It is partially wooded and has two residents. There are two houses on Inchfad, a modernized bungalow which served as the original farmhouse and a wooden house used as a holiday home.

Long Island (Dorset), Poole Harbor, Dorset, England

Long Island is an uninhabited island in Poole Harbor in the English county of Dorset. It lies just off the shore of the Arne Peninsular in the south-west of the harbor, and is separated from the nearby, and inhabited, Round Island by a narrow channel only a few feet wide. The island covers approximately 30 acres at low tide, reducing to only 9.5 acres at high tide

Long Island is privately owned by the Rempstone Estate, and has not changed hands in over 250 years. However as of 2007, the island is being offered for sale, with an invitation for offers of over 1 million pounds.

Long Island lies within the civil parish of Corfe Castle. The parish forms part of the Purbeck local government district.

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Sunday, May 25, 2008

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World wide Long Island 4


New Zealand


Long Island, New Zealand, an
island in the Marlborough Sounds of New Zealand


Long Island is located in
the Marlborough Sounds of New Zealand. It is just over 1.41 square kilometers in
area with a length of 4 km (the long axis being aligned North-east/South-west)
and a maximum width of 1 km - hence the name "Long Island". The island was
reserved for public utility on the 26th of March 1926 and soon after became a
farm which ran between 300 and 400 sheep until January 14th 1926 when the island
became a scenic reserve. With the removal of stock in the 1930s the island has
been left to regenerate back into native bush. In April 1993 the Long Island-Kokomohua
Marine reserve was created around Long island and the tiny Kokomohua islands off
its northern tip - it extends 460 meters offshore from the high water mark
around the islands and was the first Marine reserve to be created in the South
Island. The island itself is also an important wildlife refuge and a number of
species of threatened endemic birds which have been reintroduced to it including
Little Spotted Kiwi (late 1980s), Yellow Crowned Kakariki (2001) and South
Island Saddleback (2005) - all these reintroductions have been successful with
healthy breeding populations of each species now present on the Island.
Map

Papua New Guinea

Long Island (Papua New Guinea)


Long Island is a volcanic
island north of Papua New Guinea. It is separated from the island of New Guinea
by Vitiaz Strait. Two stratovolcanoes are located on the island: Mount Reaumur
and Cerisy Peak. The summit of the volcanic complex collapsed during at least
three major explosive eruptions, about 16,000, 4000, and 300 years ago. These
produced a large caldera 10 x 12.5 km in size, now filled with a crater lake,
Lake Wisdom. The most recent eruption occurred in 1993.
Map

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Saturday, May 24, 2008

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World wide Long Island 3



Croatia


  • Dugi Otok (literally meaning Long Island), an
    island near Zadar, Croatia


It is an island in the Adriatic Sea, part of Croatia. It is
located off the Dalmatian coast, west of Zadar.
Map


Falkland Islands

Bleaker Island, also called Long Island

Bleaker Island (Spanish: Isla Maria; 52° 12'
24" S, 58° 51' 02" W) is one of the Falkland Islands, lying off south east
Lafonia (the southern peninsula of East Falkland). The name is a corruption of
"Breaker Island" due to the waves that break on it. It was also known as "Long
Island" at one point. Map



Hong Kong

Cheung Chau (literally meaning Long Island), a

small island southwest of Hong Kong

It is a small island 10 km southwest of Hong Kong Island. It has
been inhabited for longer than most other places in the territory of Hong Kong,
with a population of about 30,000 up to 2006. Administratively, it is part of
the Islands District. Map



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Friday, May 23, 2008

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Bahamas


Long Island, Bahamas, an island in the Bahamas

Long Island is an eighty-mile (nearly 130km) long
island in the Bahamas that is split by the Tropic of Cancer. The island is only
about four miles (6km) wide, but a road spans most of the length. Long Island is
about 165 miles or 265 kilometers southeast of Nassau. Some of the main
settlements are Clarence Town, Dead man’s Cay, Simms, Salt Pond (Home of The
Annual Long Island Regatta), Stella Maris and Scrub Hill. Long Island is one of
the Districts of the Bahamas and is known as the most scenic island in the
Bahamas. Map

Canada

Long Island (Nova Scotia)

Long Island is a Canadian island in Digby County, Nova Scotia.

Situated in the Bay of Fundy immediately southwest of the Digby Neck, Brier
Island is located immediately west. Long Island is separated from the Digby Neck
by the "Petit Passage" and from Brier Island by the "Grand Passage."
Map


Long Island (Nunavut), an island in Hudson Bay off the
coast of Quebec


Long Island is in Hudson Bay off the coast of Quebec
and is part of Nunavut, Canada. It is located at 54°52'N 79°25'W and measures
168 km² in area. Map

Long Island (Gull Lake), near Graven Hurst, Ontario

Map


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Thursday, May 22, 2008

World wide Long Island

World wide Long Island

If we think that Long Island New York is the only Long Island in the world think again.

Antigua and Barbuda

Long Island is an island off the northeast coast of Antigua in the Caribbean region. It is located off the northern tip of the Parham Peninsula, and is the fifth largest island of Antigua and Barbuda.

2 Km from Barnes Hill, Saint George (Antigua and Barbuda) Map


Australia , has three Long Islands

Long Island (New South Wales)

Long Island is one of a number of small, forested islands of the Hawkesbury River. It is situated about 50km north of Sydney . Map

Long Island (Whitsunday Islands)

Long Island is situated on the east coast of Queensland, Australia. Map

Long Island (Tasmania), island in eastern Bass Strait

Long Island is a granite and dolerite island, with an area of 313 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Long Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait north-west of Cape Barren Island in the Furneaux Group. Map


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