Falkner Island
Falkner Island is a 2.87-acre crescent-shaped island located in Long Island Sound 3 miles off Guilford, Connecticut, United States. The island has been visited by the Native Americans for thousands of years.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: island in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States
- Also known as: “Falcon Island”, “Falfland Island”, “Falkner’s Island”, “Faulcon Island”, “Faulkner’s Island”, “Faulner’s Island”, “Fawkners Island”, “Fortune Island”, “Gull Island”, “Manaucumock”, and “Valcken Eylandt”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Faulkner Island Coast Guard Light Station and Goose Island.
Faulkner Island Coast Guard Light Station
Lighthouse
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Falkner Island Light, also known as the Faulkner Island Lighthouse, is a lighthouse in Connecticut, United States, on Falkner Island which is off Guilford Harbor on Long Island Sound.
Goose Island
Islet
Goose Island is a small, uninhabited rocky island off of the coast of Connecticut, in Long Island Sound. It belongs to the town of Guilford. It is near Falkner Island, North Rocks, Falkner Island Reef, Stony Island, and Three Quarters Rock.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Guilford and Guilford Historic Town Center.
Guilford
Guilford is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, that borders Madison, Branford, North Branford, and Durham. It is situated on I-95 and the Connecticut coast.
Guilford Historic Town Center
Locality
Photo: Magicpiano, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Guilford Historic Town Center is a large historic district encompassing the entire town center of Guilford, Connecticut, United States. It is centered on the town green, laid out in 1639, and extends north to Interstate 95, south to Long Island Sound, west to the West River, and east to East Creek. Guilford Historic Town Center is situated 5 miles north of Falkner Island.
Madison
Photo: Stc leo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Madison is a town in New Haven County of Connecticut. It is in the central part of the Connecticut shoreline. The population of Madison was around 18,000 as of 2014. Much of Madison is known for its pricey, historical homes and its miles of beach.
Falkner Island
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.21209° or 41° 12′ 44″ northLongitude
-72.65396° or 72° 39′ 14″ westElevation
16 feet (5 metres)Open location code
87H9686W+RCOpenStreetMap ID
way 882649412OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Russian—“Falkner Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Falkner Island”
- Dutch: “Falkner Island”
- French: “île Falkner”
- French: “Île Falkner”
- French: “île Faulkner”
- Russian: “Фолкнер (остров)”
- Russian: “Фолкнер”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Falkner Island”. Photo: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Region, CC BY 2.0.