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Gardiner's Island
(Encyclopedia)Gardiner's Island, c.3,000 acres (1,210 hectares), in Gardiners Bay between the two flukelike peninsulas of E Long Island, SE N.Y. It was settled by colonist Lion Gardiner in 1639 as the first permane...Fraser Island
(Encyclopedia)Fraser Island or Great Sandy Island, 66 sq mi (171 sq km), in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Queensland, Australia; on the west it borders Hervey Bay (NW) and the Great Sandy Strait (SW). Known as...Governors Island
(Encyclopedia)Governors Island, 173 acres (70 hectares), in Upper New York Bay, S of Manhattan island, SE N.Y. Bought from the Native Americans by the Dutch in 1637, it was the site of an early New Netherlands sett...Graham Island
(Encyclopedia)Graham Island, 2,485 sq mi (6,436 sq km), off the coast of British Columbia, Canada, northernmost and largest of the Queen Charlotte Islands. ...Grand Island
(Encyclopedia)Grand Island <1> City (2020 pop. 53,131), seat of Hall co., S Nebr., on the Wood River near its junction with the Platte; settled 1857 on the Plat...Goodenough's Island
(Encyclopedia)Goodenough's Island: see Rarotonga. ...Andros Island
(Encyclopedia)Andros Island: see Bahamas.Humphrey Island
(Encyclopedia)Humphrey Island: see Manihiki.James Island
(Encyclopedia)James Island: see Charleston, S.C. ...Jarvis Island
(Encyclopedia)Jarvis Island, island, 1.7 sq mi (4.4 sq km), central Pacific, one of the Line Islands, just south of the equator and c.1,300 mi (2,090 km) S of Honolulu. Known to British and American mariners, it wa...Browse by Subject
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