Emerald Isle
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Emerald Isle is the poetic name for Ireland
due to its green countryside.
Emerald Isle may also refer to:
In places:
In other uses:
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
due to its green countryside.
Emerald Isle may also refer to:
In places:
- Emerald Isle (Northwest Territories), Canada
- Emerald Isle, North CarolinaEmerald Isle, North CarolinaEmerald Isle is a town in Carteret County, North Carolina, United States. It is part of the Crystal Coast and is located entirely on the Bogue Banks...
, USA - Emerald Island (phantom)Emerald Island (phantom)The Emerald Island is a phantom island reported to lie between Australia and Antarctica and south of Macquarie Island. It was first sighted by the British sealing ship Emerald, captained by William Elliot, in December 1821, and the name of the presumed island derives from the name of this ship...
, a phantom island reported by some early explorers to lie between Australia and Antarctica - Nickname:
- Kodiak IslandKodiak IslandKodiak Island is a large island on the south coast of the U.S. state of Alaska, separated from the Alaska mainland by the Shelikof Strait. The largest island in the Kodiak Archipelago, Kodiak Island is the second largest island in the United States and the 80th largest island in the world, with an...
, Alaska, USA - Lesbos, Greece
- MontserratMontserratMontserrat is a British overseas territory located in the Leeward Islands, part of the chain of islands called the Lesser Antilles in the West Indies. This island measures approximately long and wide, giving of coastline...
, Caribbean - Phú Quốc, Vietnam
- Sri LankaSri LankaSri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka is a country off the southern coast of the Indian subcontinent. Known until 1972 as Ceylon , Sri Lanka is an island surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait, and lies in the vicinity of India and the...
- Kodiak Island
In other uses:
- "The Emerald IsleThe Emerald IsleThe Emerald Isle; or, The Caves of Carrig-Cleena, is a two-act comic opera, with music by Arthur Sullivan and Edward German, and a libretto by Basil Hood. It premiered at the Savoy Theatre on 27 April 1901, closing on 9 November 1901 after a run of 205 performances...
", comic opera by Sir Arthur Sullivan - Emerald Isle (video game)Emerald Isle (video game)Emerald Isle is a text adventure game by Level 9 released in 1984.-Overview:A plane has crashed after being struck by a storm over the Bermuda Triangle; the sole occupant has escaped by parachute and finds himself on an unknown island inhabited by strange peoples and creatures....
, 1984 computer game by Level 9 - Pacijan IslandPacijan IslandPacijan Island is one of the islands of the province of Cebu, in the Philippines. Also known as Pajican Island, it is one of the four islands in the Camotes island group of Cebu - along with Poro Island, Ponson Island, and Tulang Island...
in the Internet photo-narration "Emerald Island in a Turquoise Sea"