High Island
High Island is a small, uninhabited, privately-owned island, part of the Pelham Islands in the Bronx, New York City. It lies east of the north end of City Island between City Island Harbor and Pelham Bay in Long Island Sound.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Bigtimepeace, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rat Island and City Island Bridge.
Rat Island
Islet
Photo: Stercus.caput, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rat Island is a privately owned island in New York City. It is approximately 2.5 acres in size and located in City Island Harbor, which is a part of Long Island Sound.
City Island Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.
The City Island Bridge is a bridge in the New York City borough of the Bronx, connecting City Island with Rodman's Neck on the mainland. The original bridge, which carried vehicles from 1901 to 2015, was replaced by the current bridge, which opened in 2017.
The Blauzes
Islet
The Blauzes are two small New York City islands in City Island Harbor which are part of a reef extending 600 yards northwest of the northern tip of Hart Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include City Island and Country Club.
City Island
Suburb
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.
City Island is a neighborhood in the northeastern Bronx, New York City, located on an island of the same name approximately 1.5 miles long by 0.5 miles wide.
Country Club
Neighborhood
Photo: EJ220, Public domain.
Country Club is a residential neighborhood located in the East Bronx in New York City. The neighborhood's boundaries are Middletown Road and Watt Avenue to the north, Eastchester Bay to the east, Layton Avenue and the Throggs Neck neighborhood to the south… Country Club is situated 2½ miles southwest of High Island.
Co-op City
Neighborhood
Co-op City is a cooperative housing development located in the northeast section of the borough of the Bronx in New York City. It is bounded by Interstate 95 to the southwest, west, and north and the Hutchinson River Parkway to the east and southeast, and is partially in the Baychester and Eastchester neighborhoods. Co-op City is situated 2½ miles northwest of High Island.
High Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in the Bronx, New York City, United States
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Bronx, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.85967° or 40° 51′ 35″ northLongitude
-73.78584° or 73° 47′ 9″ westElevation
13 feet (4 metres)Open location code
87G8V657+VMOpenStreetMap ID
way 39346783OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
5120701Wikidata ID
Q12406564
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Japanese—“High Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “High Island”
- Estonian: “High Island”
- French: “High Island”
- Hebrew: “האי היי”
- Hebrew: “הי (אי)”
- Hebrew: “היי (אי)”
- Hebrew: “היי איילנד”
- Japanese: “ハイ・アイランド”
- Japanese: “ハイ島”
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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 “High Island”. Photo: Bigtimepeace, Public domain.