Norwalk Islands

The Norwalk Islands are a chain of more than 25 islands amid partly submerged boulders, reefs and mudflats along a six-mile stretch and mostly about a mile off the coast of Norwalk, Connecticut, and southwest Westport, Connecticut, in Long Island Sound.

Photo: Noroton, Public domain.

Type: Island
Description: American island
Also known as: “Long Neck Islands”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Manresa Island and Sheffield Island.

Manresa Island

Island

Photo: Noroton, Public domain.

Manresa Island is an island located in Norwalk, Connecticut, at the mouth of Norwalk Harbor in the Long Island Sound. The earliest name for the landform was Boutons Island, which dates to 1664.

Sheffield Island

Islet

Photo: American, Public domain.

Sheffield Island is an islet.

Sheffield Island Light

Lighthouse

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 3.0.

Sheffield Island Light is a historic lighthouse located at the southern end of the Norwalk Islands in Norwalk, Connecticut. It marks the west side of the mouth of the Norwalk River on northern Long Island Sound.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rowayton and South Norwalk.

Rowayton

Village

Photo: Noroton, Public domain.

Rowayton is a coastal neighborhood in the city of Norwalk, Connecticut, roughly 40 miles from New York City. The community is governed by the Sixth Taxing District of Norwalk and has a number of active local associations, including the Civic Association, the Historical Society, the Rowayton Library, a Gardeners Club, and a Parents Exchange.

South Norwalk

Suburb

Photo: JohnOwensCT, CC BY-SA 3.0.

South Norwalk is a neighborhood in Norwalk, Connecticut which corresponds to the city's Second Taxing District. Often referred to as SoNo, the neighborhood was originally settled as Old Well, then chartered as the city of South Norwalk on August 18, 1870.

East Norwalk

Village

Photo: StephenTS42, CC BY-SA 4.0.

East Norwalk is a neighborhood of Norwalk, Connecticut, United States. It is located mostly in Norwalk's third taxing district with segments of its northernmost area within the first and fifth taxing districts.

Norwalk Islands

Categories: island group, locality, and landform
Location: Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.06315° or 41° 3′ 47″ north

Longitude

-73.40095° or 73° 24′ 3″ west

Open location code

87H83H7X+7J

OpenStreetMap ID

node 359266805

OpenStreetMap feature

place=island

GeoNames ID

4839831

Wikidata ID

Q7060788

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Urdu—“Norwalk Islands” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Norwalk Islands”
Dutch: “Norwalk Islands”
French: “îles Norwalk”
French: “Îles Norwalk”
Urdu: “جزائر نورواک”

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