Goat Island
Goat Island is a small island in the Niagara River, in the middle of Niagara Falls between the Bridal Veil Falls and the Horseshoe Falls. The island is at the southwest corner of the City of Niagara Falls, New York, in the United States and is part of Niagara Falls State Park.- Type: Islet
- Description: small island in the Niagara River, in Niagara County, New York State, USA
- Also known as: “Iris Island”, “Kisiwa Mbuzi”, and “جزیرهٔ بز”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Bridal Veil Falls and American Falls.
Bridal Veil Falls
Waterfall
Bridal Veil Falls is the smallest of the three waterfalls that make up Niagara Falls.
Luna Island
Islet
Luna Island is a very small uninhabited island in the Niagara River in the U.S. state of New York.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Niagara Falls and Chippawa.
Chippawa
Suburb
Chippawa is a community located within the city of Niagara Falls, Ontario. Chippawa is situated 2 miles southeast of Goat Island.
Goat Island
- Categories: river island, tourism, locality, and landform
- Location: Niagara County, Niagara Frontier, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.08118° or 43° 4′ 52″ north
Longitude
-79.06773° or 79° 4′ 4″ west
Elevation
558 feet (170 metres)
Open location code
87M23WJJ+FW
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=yes
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Goat Island” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Ahuntzen uhartea”
- Cebuano: “Goat Island”
- Chinese: “山羊岛”
- Chinese: “山羊島”
- Czech: “Goat Island”
- Dutch: “Goat Island”
- Esperanto: “Kaprinsulo”
- Estonian: “Kitsesaar”
- French: “Goat Island”
- Hungarian: “Kecske-sziget”
- Japanese: “ゴート島”
- Korean: “고트섬”
- Persian: “جزیره بز”
- Polish: “Goat Island”
- Polish: “Wyspa Kozia”
- Russian: “Козий остров”
- Slovenian: “Goat Island”
- Spanish: “Isla de la Cabra”
- Swahili: “Goat Island”
- Welsh: “Ynys Gafr, Talaith Efrog Newydd”
- Welsh: “Ynys Gafr”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Little Italy and Pletchers Corners.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: American Falls Pedestrian Bridge and Green Island.
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Worth a closer look: Niagara Falls and Lockport.
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