Rat Island
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.Photo: Stercus.caput, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include High Island and City Island Library.
High Island
Islet
Photo: Bigtimepeace, Public domain.
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.
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 Rat Island.
Pelham
Photo: Sscheinfe, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pelham is a town in Westchester County, New York. It contains villages called Pelham and Pelham Manor.
Rat 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
40.85517° or 40° 51′ 19″ northLongitude
-73.78092° or 73° 46′ 51″ westOpen location code
87G8V649+3JOpenStreetMap ID
way 39346698OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Japanese—“Rat Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Rat Island”
- Dutch: “Rat Island”
- Estonian: “Rat Island”
- French: “Rat Island”
- Hebrew: “רט”
- Japanese: “ラット・アイランド”
- Japanese: “ラット島”
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