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Belmont Island

U Thant Island is a small artificial island or islet in 's , within the borough of . The 100-by-200-foot island, created during the construction of the Steinway Tunnel directly underneath, is the smallest island in Manhattan.
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  • Type: Islet
  • Description: islet on East River in Manhattan, New York, United States
  • Also known as: “Blackwells Reef”, “Man-o‘-War Reef”, and “U Thant Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include United Nations Headquarters and Empire State Building.

Photo: Superbass, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The headquarters of the United Nations is on 17 to 18 acres of grounds in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of in . It borders First Avenue to the west, 42nd Street to the south, 48th Street to the north, and the to the east.

Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The is a 102-story, Art Deco-style supertall skyscraper in the Midtown South neighborhood of , New York City, United States.

Library
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The is a library on the grounds of the , located in the Turtle Bay and neighborhoods of in .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tudor City and Murray Hill.

Neighborhood
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is an apartment complex on the East Side of in , bordering the Turtle Bay and neighborhoods. It lies on a low cliff east of Second Avenue, between 40th and 43rd Streets, and overlooks First Avenue to the east.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood on the east side of in . is generally bordered to the east by the or and to the west by , though the exact boundaries are disputed.

Neighborhood
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, or Kip's Bay, is a neighborhood on the east side of the borough of . It is roughly bounded by 34th Street to the north, the to the east, 23rd Street to the south, and Third Avenue to the west.

Belmont Island

Latitude
40.74666° or 40° 44′ 48″ north
Longitude
-73.96433° or 73° 57′ 52″ west
Operator
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
Open location code
87G8P2WP+M7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 108202815
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
5108730
Wiki­data ID
Q933185
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Satellite Map

Discover Belmont Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Bengali to Vietnamese—“Belmont Island” goes by many names.
  • Bengali: “বেলমন্ট আইল্যান্ড”
  • Burmese: “ဦးသန့်ကျွန်း”
  • Catalan: “U Thant Island”
  • Cebuano: “Belmont Island”
  • Chinese: “吴丹岛”
  • Chinese: “吴丹島”
  • Estonian: “Belmont Island”
  • Finnish: “Belmont Island”
  • Finnish: “U Thant Island”
  • French: “Belmont Island”
  • French: “U Thant Island”
  • German: “Belmont Island”
  • German: “U Thant Island”
  • Hebrew: “או תאנט”
  • Hebrew: “האי בלמונט”
  • Hungarian: “U Thant-sziget”
  • Italian: “U Thant Island”
  • Japanese: “ウ・タント島”
  • Japanese: “ベルモント島”
  • Kannada: “ಯು ತಾಂಟ್ ದ್ವೀಪ”
  • Korean: “벨몬트섬”
  • Korean: “우딴섬”
  • Korean: “우탄트섬”
  • Latin: “Insula U Thant”
  • Malay: “Pulau U Thant”
  • Polish: “U Thant Island”
  • Russian: “У-Тант”
  • Spanish: “Isla U Thant”
  • Tatar: “У Тһант Утравы”
  • Vietnamese: “Đảo U Thant”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Beekman and Hunters Point.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include United Nations Secretariat Building and Rose Garden.

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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 “Belmont Island”. Photo: Farawayman, CC BY-SA 3.0.