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n. (label en geology) An (l/en: island) of (l/en: coral) origin.
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Low Island may refer to:
- Low Island, British Columbia, Canada
- Low Island, Falkland Islands
- Low Island, Manitoba, Canada
- Low Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Low Island (Nunavut), Frobisher Bay, Canada
- Low Island (Nunavut), Milne Inlet, Canada
- Low Island, Kenora, Ontario, Canada
- Low Island, Manitoulin, Ontario, Canada
- Low Island (Queensland) also known as Low Isle, one of the Low Isles
- Low Island (South Shetland Islands)
- Low Island (Washington), one of the San Juan Islands
- Inishloe, County Clare, Ireland
Low Islands may refer to:
- Low Islands, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
- Low Islands, Nunavut, Canada
Low Islets may refer to:
- Low Islets (Tasmania)
- Low Islets (Prime Seal Group), Tasmania
Other Low Islands:
- A. P. Low Island, Nunavut, Canada<!--
(this seems to be an extension of Baffin Island linked by a tidal isthmus)
- A. P. Low Island in the Atlas of Canada - Toporama; Natural Resources Canada
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- Bennets Low Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
- Low Duck Island, New Brunswick, Canada
- Low Shoal Island, Ontario, Canada
- South Low Island, British Columbia, Canada
Low Island or Isla Baja, historical names Jameson Island or Jamesons Island is an island long and wide, southeast of Smith Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The island is located at and is separated from Smith Island by Osmar Strait. Low Island was so named because of its low elevation. Low Island was known to sealers in 1820, and the name Low Island has been established in international usage for 100 years.
Low Island North Queensland is about north-east of Port Douglas in Trinity Bay, North Queensland. It is around 2 hectares or 0.02 square km in size.
Low Island is part of the Low Isles. Low Isles consists of two islands, Woody Island an uninhabited coral/mangrove island, but the main attraction is Low Isle - which is a smaller vegetated, sandy, coral cay surrounded by of reef - a "typical" tropical island like you see on the movies.
The Low Islets are a Marine National Park Zone. Day visitors come to the island on a daily basis via a number of commercial operators. There is a lagoon where private vessel can moor or anchor overnight, but there is no overnight accommodation on the island. There is a weather station, an active lighthouse (named Low Isles Light) and the research station.
No fishing is allowed in the lagoon or within a buffer zone around the islands - the main activity is snorkelling and diving.
Low 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 just off the Bartlett Narrows, southeast of the capital city of Iqaluit. Other islands in the immediate vicinity include Culbertson Island, Mark Island, McAllister Island, Mitchell Island, and Precipice Island.
Another Low Island lies in the Milne Inlet of northern Baffin Island.
Usage examples of "low island".
She came up with us again when we were within sight of a low island, or atoll, which consisted of a number of small islands connected by long stretches of barren reef, the whole enclosing a lagoon of considerable extent.
For one instant I caught a glimpse of the beautiful ruins of the temple of Hercules, buried in the ground, according to Pliny, and with the low island which supports it.