1) Roosevelt Island. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English
Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...1. Formerly Welfare Island. An island in the East River off the coast of central Manhattan Island. It was long the site of a penal institution and municipal hospital,...
2) Banks Island. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...An island of northern Northwest Territories, Canada, in the Arctic Ocean west of Victoria Island. It is the westernmost island of the Arctic Archipelago....
3) Long Island. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...A long, narrow island of southeast New York bordered on the south by the Atlantic Ocean. Long Island Sound, an arm of the Atlantic, separates it from Connecticut...
4) Rhode Island. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...An island of Rhode Island at the entrance to Narragansett Bay. Settled by religious exiles from Massachusetts in 1638, it was renamed Rhode Island in 1644, probably...
5) Melville Island. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...1. An island of northern Australia in the Timor Sea. 2. An island of northern Canada, in the Queen Elizabeth Islands north of Victoria Island. It was discovered by...
6) Liberty Island. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...An island of southeast New York in Upper New York Bay southwest of Manhattan. The Statue of Liberty was placed on the island in 1885, using the star-shaped Fort Wood...
7) Ocracoke Island. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...A long barrier island off the eastern coast of North Carolina between Pamlico Sound and the Atlantic Ocean. The pirate Edward Teach, also known as Blackbeard, was...
8) Staten Island. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...A borough of New York City coextensive with Staten Island in New York Bay in southeast New York southwest of Manhattan Island. First visited by Henry Hudson in 1609,...
9) Smith Island. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...A group of closely placed islands in southern Chesapeake Bay on the Maryland-Virginia border. Settled in the mid-17th century, the islands are the site of several...
10) Vancouver Island. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English
Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...An island of southwest British Columbia, Canada, in the Pacific Ocean separated from the mainland by the Strait of Georgia and Queen Charlotte Strait. The Strait...
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