Goat Island
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Arts
- Goat Island (performance group)Goat Island (performance group)Goat Island is a collaborative performance group based in Chicago, USA. It was founded in 1987 and consists of the core group members Matthew Goulish, Bryan Saner, Karen Christopher, Mark Jeffrey and Litó Walkey. The group is directed by Lin Hixson...
, a Chicago-based company - Goat Island (play), Delitto all'isola delle capre, by Ugo BettiUgo BettiUgo Betti was an Italian judge, better known as an author, who is considered by many the greatest Italian playwright next to Pirandello....
Canada
- Goat Island, one of the Little Bay Islands in Newfoundland and Labrador
- Goat Island (Ontario)Goat Island (Ontario)Goat Island is a small island in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the town of Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands in the Manitoulin District....
Ireland
- Goat Island (Ardmore)Goat Island (Ardmore)Goat Island is a beach located roughly west of Ardmore, Waterford, Ireland in the townland of Ardoginna. The beach is popular with visitors in the summer months. The inlet where the beach is located faces south and is sheltered to the west side by the island itself or sea stack....
in Co. Waterford - Goat Island (Lough Erne)
- Goat Island (Cliffs of Moher) is a small islet near the Cliffs of MoherCliffs of MoherThe Cliffs of Moher are located in the parish of Liscannor at the south-western edge of the Burren area near Doolin, which is located in County Clare, Ireland....
Trinidad and Tobago
- Goat Island (Trinidad and Tobago), a small island approximately 1 mile off the coast of Little Tobago
United Kingdom
- Goat Island (County Fermanagh), a townlandTownlandA townland or bally is a small geographical division of land used in Ireland. The townland system is of Gaelic origin—most townlands are believed to pre-date the Norman invasion and most have names derived from the Irish language...
in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
United States
- Goat Island (Alabama) within Lake MartinLake MartinLake Martin is located in Tallapoosa, Elmore, and Coosa counties in Alabama. It is a 44,000-acre lake with over 750 miles of wooded shoreline. An artificial reservoir, Lake Martin was formed by the construction of Martin Dam on the Tallapoosa River. The Martin Dam powerhouse is used to generate...
. - Goat Island (Hawaii) off OahuOahuOahu or Oahu , known as "The Gathering Place", is the third largest of the Hawaiian Islands and most populous of the islands in the U.S. state of Hawaii. The state capital Honolulu is located on the southeast coast...
. - Goat Island (Maine) off the coast of Kennebunkport, MaineKennebunkport, MaineKennebunkport is a town in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 3,720 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford metropolitan statistical area....
- Goat Island (Talbot County, Maryland)
- Goat Island is the nickname for AguijanAguijanAguijan is a small bean-shaped coralline island in the Northern Mariana Islands chain situated southwest of Tinian, from which it is separated by the Tinian Channel. It is only 7.09 km² in size and is nicknamed Goat Island due to the large number of feral goats present there...
, Northern Mariana IslandsNorthern Mariana IslandsThe Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands , is a commonwealth in political union with the United States, occupying a strategic region of the western Pacific Ocean. It consists of 15 islands about three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to the Philippines... - Goat Island (New York)Goat Island (New York)Goat Island is a small island in the Niagara River, located in the middle of Niagara Falls between the Bridal Veil Falls and the Horseshoe Falls...
in the middle of Niagara Falls - Goat Island (Rhode Island)Goat Island (Rhode Island)Goat Island is a small island in Narragansett Bay and is part of the city of Newport, Rhode Island, U.S. The island is connected to the Easton's Point neighborhood via a causeway bridge. Goat Island is home to the Newport Harbor Light , The Marina Cafe & Pub, Belle Mer, and the Goat Island South...
in Newport Harbor, the former site of a U.S. naval torpedo station. - Goat Island (South Carolina)Goat Island (South Carolina)Goat Island is an island located between Mt. Pleasant, SC and Isle of Palms, SC on the Intracoastal Waterway. It is one of the smallest islands of the region, being only as large as a neighborhood street. There is another "Goat Island" in Murrells Inlet, SC that is approximately 20,000 ft2...
in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina. - Goat Island was once the official name of Yerba Buena IslandYerba Buena IslandYerba Buena Island sits in the San Francisco Bay between San Francisco and Oakland, California. The Yerba Buena Tunnel runs through its center and connects the western and eastern spans of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. It has had several other names over the decades: Sea Bird Island, Wood...
in San Francisco Bay - Goat Island (Washington)