Long Island (disambiguation)
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Long Island
is an island and geographical area of New York State. It may also refer to:
Long Island
Long Island is an island located in the southeast part of the U.S. state of New York, just east of Manhattan. Stretching northeast into the Atlantic Ocean, Long Island contains four counties, two of which are boroughs of New York City , and two of which are mainly suburban...
is an island and geographical area of New York State. It may also refer to:
Australia
- Long Island (New South Wales), an island in the Hawkesbury River north of Sydney, New South Wales
- Long Island (Whitsunday Islands)Long Island (Whitsunday Islands)Long Island is a member of the Whitsunday Island group off the east coast of Queensland, Australia. It is in length and is at its widest point only . Long Island is the closest island in the Whitsunday group to the mainland of Australia, being only from the coastline...
, island in the Whitsunday Group, Queensland - Long Island (Tasmania)Long Island (Tasmania)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...
, island in eastern Bass Strait - Long Island, Hogan Group (Tasmania)Long Island, Hogan Group (Tasmania)Long Island is a long, narrow granite island, with an area of 22.85 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Hogan Group, lying in northern Bass Strait between the Furneaux Group and Wilsons Promontory in Victoria.-Fauna:...
, island in northern Bass Strait
Canada
- Long Island (British Columbia), on Harrison Lake
- Long Island (Frobisher Bay, Nunavut)Long Island (Frobisher Bay, Nunavut)Long Island is one of the many uninhabited Canadian arctic islands in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut. It is a Baffin Island offshore island located in Frobisher Bay, approximately south of the capital city of Iqaluit....
, off the coast of Baffin Island - Long Island (Gull Lake), near Gravenhurst, OntarioGravenhurst, OntarioGravenhurst is a town in the Muskoka Region of Ontario, Canada. It is located approximately south of Bracebridge, Ontario. The mayor is Paisley Donaldson...
- Long Island (Hudson Bay, Nunavut), off the coast of Quebec
- Long Island (Nova Scotia)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...
Hong Kong
- Cheung ChauCheung ChauCheung Chau is a small island 10 km southwest of Hong Kong Island, is nicknamed as the 'dumbbell island' for its shape. It has been inhabited for longer than most other places in the territory of Hong Kong, with a population of about 23,000 up to 2006...
(literally meaning Long Island), a small island southwest of Hong Kong
New Zealand
- Long Island, Marlborough, an island in the Marlborough Sounds
- Long Island, SouthlandLong Island, SouthlandLong Island is an island in Fiordland, in the southwest of New Zealand's South Island. It lies within Dusky Sound, to the southeast of Resolution Island, and is separated from it and the South island mainland by Bowen Channel to the north, and from the South Island mainland by Cook Channel to the...
, an island in Fiordland
Seychelles
- Long Island, Seychelles, one of the inner granitic islands of the SeychellesSeychellesSeychelles , officially the Republic of Seychelles , is an island country spanning an archipelago of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, some east of mainland Africa, northeast of the island of Madagascar....
Sri Lanka
- Long Island, Sri Lanka, another name for Delft Island or Nedun Theevu, Sri Lanka
United Kingdom
- InchfadInchfadInchfad is an island in the south east of Loch Lomond in Scotland.Inchfad is 1.35 km long and forty hectares in area. Its highest point is 25 metres. The island forms part of the parish of Buchanan in west central Scotland, formerly part of Stirlingshire and now under Stirling Council.Inchfad is...
(meaning long island), Stirling - Long Island (Dorset)Long Island (Dorset)Long Island is an uninhabited island in Poole Harbour in the English county of Dorset. It lies just off the shore of the Arne Peninsular in the south-west of the harbour, and is separated from the nearby, and inhabited, Round Island by a narrow channel only a few feet wide. The island covers...
, Poole Harbour, Dorset, England - Long Island (Hampshire)Long Island (Hampshire)Long Island is an island in Langstone Harbour in Hampshire, England. It is long and up to wide. Three bronze age pots have been found on the island as has Mesolithic and late neolithic flint-work...
, England - Outer HebridesOuter HebridesThe Outer Hebrides also known as the Western Isles and the Long Island, is an island chain off the west coast of Scotland. The islands are geographically contiguous with Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, one of the 32 unitary council areas of Scotland...
in Scotland are sometimes referred to as "The Long Island" (An t-Eilean Fada) - Long Island, County Down, a townland in County Down, Northern Ireland
- Long Island, County Fermanagh, a townland in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland
United States
- Long Island AVALong Island AVAThe Long Island AVA is an American Viticultural Area encompassing Nassau and Suffolk counties of New York, including the smaller offshore islands in those counties. The AVA was established in 2001, over 15 years after two smaller AVAs were created at the eastern end of Long Island...
, New York wine region - Long Island (Alaska)Long Island (Alaska)Long Island is an island in the Alexander Archipelago of southeastern Alaska, USA. It lies across the Kaigani Strait from the southern portion of Dall Island and west of the southern part of Prince of Wales Island. Directly to its north is Sukkwan Island...
, an island in the Alexander Archipelago of southeastern Alaska - Long Island (Connecticut)Long Island (Connecticut)Long Island is the second smallest of the four islands owned by Stratford, Connecticut in the Housatonic River between I-95 and the Merritt Parkway. The island is north of the Moses Wheeler Bridge, northeast of Carting Island and Peacock Island , west of Pope's Flat and south of Fowler Island in...
, a small island near Stratford in the Housatonic River - Long Island, Florida, a barrier island in Florida
- Long Island, KansasLong Island, KansasLong Island is a city in Phillips County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 134.-Geography:Long Island is located at...
, a city in Phillips County - Long Island, MaineLong Island, MaineLong Island is an island town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States, which seceded from the city of Portland in 1993. The population was 202 at the 2000 census...
, a town on an island of the same name in Cumberland County - Long Island (Cecil County, Maryland) an island in Maryland
- Long Island (Maryland) an island in Maryland
- Long Island (Massachusetts)Long Island (Massachusetts)This article is about the island Long Island, Boston. For other islands called Long Island, see Long Island .Long Island is situated in the middle of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. The island is part of the City of Boston, and of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area...
, the longest island in Boston Harbor - Long Island (Montana), an island in Lake Bowdoin
- Long Island (Tennessee)Long Island (Tennessee)Long Island, also known as Long Island of the Holston, is an island in the Holston River at Kingsport in eastern Tennessee.The Long Island was a sacred council and treaty site among the Cherokee. Daniel Boone began from here to clear the Wilderness Road through the Cumberland Gap in 1775. It is a...
, an island on the Holston River - Long Island, VirginiaLong Island, VirginiaLong Island is an unincorporated community in Campbell County, Virginia, United States. Long Island is located along the Roanoke River east-southeast of Altavista....
, a town in Campbell County, Virginia - Long Island (Washington)Long Island (Washington)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 .-References:* United...
, one of the San Juan Islands - Long Island (Wisconsin)Long Island (Wisconsin)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...
, one of the Apostle Islands in Lake Superior - Long Island City an area of Queens in New York
Other
- USS Long IslandUSS Long IslandTwo ships of the United States Navy have been named USS Long Island, after Long Island, New York., was a steam trawler purchased by the US Navy 18 April 1917 and sold 1 December 1919, was a launched launched 11 January 1940 and sold 24 April 1947...
, the name of two United States Navy ships - Lon GislandLon GislandLon Gisland EP is an EP by Beirut. It is a follow-up to the critically acclaimed Gulag Orkestar and the first album performed by the full band, which came together after the release of Gulag Orkestar...
EP by Beirut