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Green Island, NY -- U.S. village in New York
Population (2000): 2278
Housing Units (2000): 1188
Land area (2000): 0.698330 sq. miles (1.808667 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.222111 sq. miles (0.575266 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.920441 sq. miles (2.383933 sq. km)
FIPS code: 30521
Located within: New York (NY), FIPS 36
Location: 42.744178 N, 73.694219 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 12183
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Green Island

Green Island or Greene Island can refer to:

Green Island (Rideau River)

Green Island in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, is an island at the junction of the Rideau River, just off Sussex Drive in Ottawa at the Rideau Falls at the confluence with the Ottawa River. It is situated in the neighbourhood of New Edinburgh.

To the west of the island is the National Research Council, and the Global Affairs Canada (formerly Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada); to the east is 24 Sussex Drive and the embassy of France. On either side of the falls are facilities for a hydroelectric power plant.

Down the Rideau river are the ruins of a rail bridge that once led to Ottawa's Union Station.

Green Island (Massachusetts)

Green Island, also known as North Brewster Island, is a rocky outer island in the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, to the north of Calf Island and Hypocrite Channel. The island has a permanent size of , plus an intertidal zone of a further , and is exposed from the east and northeast with little soil or plant life. The island is named after Joseph Green, a well-known merchant, who owned the island during Colonial times.

Green Island is a nesting area for herring gulls, black-backed gulls, cormorants, barn swallows, red-winged blackbirds, and rats. The island is a popular location for striped bass fishermen during the summer months. However, access by humans is difficult, and especially discouraged during the birds' nesting season.

Green Island (Taiwan)
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Green Island (Egypt)

Green Island is a small (145 m long x 50 m) artificial island in the Red Sea at the southern mouth of the Suez Canal.

Green Island (Queensland)

Green Island (originally Dabuukji) is a coral cay offshore from Cairns, Queensland, Australia located within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park World Heritage Area. The island is surrounded by coral reef and protected in the Green Island National Park. Most visitors come for the day. A luxury resort with 46 rooms is situated on the island.

Green Island (Dorset)

Green Island is an island in Poole Harbour in the English county of Dorset. It lies in the central south part of the harbour, south of Brownsea Island and Furzey Island. The island is an Area of Natural Beauty ( AONB), Site of Special Scientific Interest ( SSSI) and Special Protection Area ( SPA).

Green Island (Antigua and Barbuda)

Green Island is a small island lying off the eastern coast of Antigua. It is a private island owned by the mill reef club since 1947. It lies close to the mouth of Nonsuch Bay.

Green Island (Western Australia)

Green Island is an island in Oyster Harbour located approximately northeast of Albany in Western Australia.

The island has a total area of and was designated as a Class 1A Nature Reserve in 1988.

The nearest point on the mainland, Bayonet Head, is located approximately North West of the island.

Green Island (Wisconsin)

Green Island is an island in Green Bay and part of the Town of Peshtigo, in Marinette County, Wisconsin. The Green Island Light is on the island.

Green Island (Ohio)

Green Island is a small 17-acre (0.07 km²) island of the U.S. state of Ohio, in Lake Erie. It is located approximately three miles southwest of Put-in-Bay. It is part of Put-in-Bay Township, in Ottawa County.

Green Island (Tasmania)

Green Island is a small island nature reserve with an area of 4.17 ha close to the south-eastern coast of Tasmania, Australia at the entrance to the River Derwent.

It lies in the D'Entrecasteaux Channel.

Green Island (Okaihe)

Green Island is a small, uninhabited island lying 2 km off the coast of the Otago Region of New Zealand, some 13 km south-west of the city of Dunedin. The island's Māori name is Okaihe.

Green Island (Kuwait)

The Green Island is an artificial island in Kuwait, off the coast of Kuwait City's promenade. It was opened in 1988 and is a popular tourist attraction and it is the first artificial island in the gulf region.

Green Island (Berthelot Islands)

Green Island is one of the Berthelot Islands group, lying off the west coast of Graham Land, Antarctica.

Green Island (Alaska)

Green Island is within the Chugach National Forest north of Montague Island in Prince William Sound, Alaska.

There are at least three islands named "Green Island" within Alaska.

Category:Islands of Alaska Category:Islands of Valdez–Cordova Census Area, Alaska Category:Islands of Unorganized Borough, Alaska

Green Island (Aleutian Islands)

Green Island is immediately west of Adak Island in the Andreanof Islands group of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. There are at least three islands named "Green Island" within Alaska.

Category:Islands of Alaska Category:Islands of Aleutians West Census Area, Alaska Category:Islands of Unorganized Borough, Alaska

Green Island (Uganik Bay)

Green Island is in Uganik Bay, Kodiak Island, in the Kodiak Archipelago, Alaska.

Category:Islands of Alaska Category:Islands of the Kodiak Archipelago

Usage examples of "green island".

The green island timber of which the roundhouse had been made was beginning to shrink in the hot sun, and sufficient light streamed through the cracks between the planks to enable me to write without straining my eyes greatly.