Goose Island – Island in South Central Connecticut, Connecticut

Identifier

GNIS Feature ID 1781975

Location

State Connecticut

County South Central Connecticut

Feature Class Island

Coordinates

DMS

41°12'28"N 72°40'19"W

Decimal Degrees

41.2078757, -72.6720394

Elevation

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USGS 7.5′ Quad Map

Quad Name Guilford OE S

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Protected Areas

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Nearest Populated Place

Sachem Head

3.1 mi NNW

Also Known As

Jan William Eyland

Hydrography

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Description

Located 0.5 mi WSW of Falkner Island

History

Discovered by Adrien Block in 1614, purchased by Andrew Leete in 1677.

Nearby Features

Three Quarters Rock Island · 0.4 mi ENE
North Rocks Island · 0.4 mi NE
Falkner Island Island · 0.9 mi ENE
Falkner Island Reef Bar · 1.1 mi ENE
Chimney Corner Reef Bar · 2.8 mi NW
Big Indian Island · 2.8 mi N
Vineyard Point Cape · 2.9 mi NNW
Jefferson Rock Island · 2.9 mi NNW
Hatch Rock Island · 3.0 mi NW
Bloody Cove Bay · 3.0 mi NNW

Data Sources & Attribution

Feature data: U.S. Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) – U.S. Geological Survey.
Elevation: USGS Elevation Point Query Service (EPQS).
Topographic basemap: USGS National Map.
Quad map thumbnails: USGS US Topo.
Watershed boundaries: USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset (WBD).
Protected areas: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US) – Gap Analysis Project.
Photos (where shown): Wikidata / Wikimedia Commons – individual licenses apply.
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