Washington Island
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The name Washington Island refers to:
- Washington Island (Wisconsin)Washington Island (Wisconsin)Washington Island is located about 7 miles northeast of the tip of Door Peninsula in Door County, Wisconsin. The island has a year-round population of 660 people . It has a land area of 60.89 km² and comprises over 92 percent of the land area of the town of Washington, as well as all of its...
, the largest of the islands that make up the Town of Washington in Door County, Wisconsin - Washington Island (Michigan)Washington Island (Michigan)Washington Island is an uninhabited island in Lake Superior. It is within the boundary of Keweenaw County and Isle Royale National Park, a national park located within the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the westernmost point marked on most maps of the elongated archipelago that makes up this park...
in Keweenaw County, Michigan - Washington Island (Minnesota) in Lake County, Minnesota
- Washington Island (New York) in Jefferson County, New York
- TerainaTerainaTeraina, also known as Washington Island is a coral atoll in the central Pacific Ocean and part of the Northern Line Islands which belongs to Kiribati. Obsolete names of Teraina are Prospect Island and New York Island. The island is located approximately 4.71° North latitude and 160.76° West...
, also known as Washington Island, Kiribati - Washington Islands WildernessWashington Islands WildernessWashington Islands Wilderness is a protected area consisting of more than 600 islands, rocks, and reefs belonging to the three Washington Islands National Wildlife Refuges in Washington state...
in Washington state - An 18th century name for Ua HukaUa HukaUa Huka is one of the Marquesas Islands, in French Polynesia, an overseas territory of France in the Pacific Ocean. It is situated in the northern group of the archipelago, approximately . to the east of Nuku Hiva, at .-Name:...
, later extended as the "Washington Islands" to include all of the northern Marquesas Islands