Sunken Island

Sunken Island, also known as Hutters Island, is a sunken island on Otsego Lake in Otsego County, New York. Sunken Island is several feet below the surface of the lake and is marked with 4 buoys to prevent boats from running aground.

Type: Reef
Description: sunken island in Otsego County, New York, United States
Also known as: “Hutters Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Alice Bush Opera Theatre and Mount Wellington.

Alice Bush Opera Theatre

Theater building

Photo: Burdettekevin, Public domain.

Alice Bush Opera Theatre is a theater building.

Mount Wellington

Peak

Photo: 420Traveler, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Mount Wellington is a mountain located in the Central New York Region of New York. It is located south of the Hamlet of Springfield Center at the northern end of Otsego Lake.

Hyde Hall Bridge

Photo: Waz8, CC0.

Hyde Hall Bridge is a wooden covered bridge over Shadow Brook built in 1825, on then-private property of Hyde Hall, a country mansion. Both are now included in Glimmerglass State Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Springfield Center and Springfield.

Springfield Center

Hamlet

Springfield Center is a hamlet in the town of Springfield, Otsego County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, Springfield Center had a population of 336. Springfield Center is situated 2½ miles north of Sunken Island.

Springfield

Hamlet

Photo: Mr. Matté, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Springfield is a town in Otsego County, New York, United States. The population was 1,358 at the 2010 census. It is located at the northern county line of Otsego County and is approximately 50 mi west of Schenectady. Springfield is situated 3½ miles northeast of Sunken Island.

Warren

Village

Warren is a town in Herkimer County, New York, United States. The population was 1,143 at the 2010 census. The town is named after General Joseph Warren, who was killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill. Warren is situated 4 miles north of Sunken Island.

Sunken Island

Categories: island, former island, shoal, and landform
Location: Otsego, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.79523° or 42° 47′ 43″ north

Longitude

-74.89188° or 74° 53′ 31″ west

Elevation

1,191 feet (363 metres)

Open location code

87J7Q4W5+36

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1245559863

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=reef

GeoNames ID

5140201

Wikidata ID

Q56290262

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Satellite Map

Discover Sunken Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Cebuano to German—“Sunken Island” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Sunken Island”
German: “Sunken Island”

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Localities in the Area

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Highlights include Thayer Farm and Hyde Hall.

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