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State. New York. County. Suffolk. Plum Island is an island in the town of Southold in Suffolk County, New York. The island is situated in Gardiners Bay, east of Orient Point, off the eastern end of the North Fork coast of Long Island. It is about 3 miles (4.8 km) long and 1 mile (1.6 km) wide at its widest point. [1]
Plum Island Light. The decommissioned lighthouse pictured in 2012. Plum Island Light is located on the western end of Plum Island, which lies in the Long Island Sound, east of Orient Point at the end of the North Fork of Long Island, New York. [1][2] An historic granite lighthouse originally built in 1869 sits at the site, but no longer serves ...
Excerpt of 1904 USGS Map, Great Gull Island is in upper right portion. Westward lies Plum Island, and Orient Point at the bottom left. Great Gull Island is a 17-acre (6.9 ha) island separating the Long Island and Block Island sounds, located approximately 0.4 miles (0.6 km) southwest of Little Gull Island. Both islands are located in the town ...
Little Gull Island is approximately 4.6 miles (7.4 km) southwest of Fishers Island and the channel of water between them is the main entrance to Long Island Sound, known as "The Race". [1] [2] [3] The lighthouse, which was built in 1869 and automated in 1978, occupies much of the rocky island, which is only about 1-acre (4,000 m 2) in size.
Strikingly colorful nature images of the fall foliage in New England have started to flood social media feeds from TikTok to Instagram where users have posted the best stops to get the perfect ...
S. Shelter Island, New York. Categories: Islands of New York (state) by county. Landforms of Suffolk County, New York.
History. When it was built in 1869, it replaced the earlier 1838 lighthouse. Its Coast Guard service was ended in 1954. [3] It is currently managed by the non-profit Saugerties Lighthouse Conservancy which purchased the lighthouse in 1986 and has restored it. The conservancy manages the nature trail leading to the lighthouse, offers two bed and ...
Great South Bay. Coordinates: 40°41′25″N 73°06′07″W. Map showing the location of the Great South Bay. The Great South Bay is a lagoon [1] situated between Long Island and Fire Island, in the State of New York. It is about 45 miles (72 km) long and has an average depth of 4 feet 3 inches (1.3 m) and is 20 feet (6.1 m) at its deepest. [2]