Swinburne Island
Swinburne Island is a 4-acre artificial island in Lower New York Bay, east of Staten Island in New York City. It was used for quarantine of immigrants. Swinburne Island is the smaller of two nearby islands, the other being Hoffman Island to the north.
- Islet
- Description: island in Staten Island, New York, United States
- Also known as“Dix Island”“Swinborn Island”“Swinburn Island”
Places of Interest Nearby
Discover Hoffman Island and West Bank Light.
West Bank Light
West Bank Light, officially West Bank Front Range…
2 miles south of Swinburne Island
Coney Island Lighthouse
Coney Island Light is a lighthouse located…
2 miles east of Swinburne Island
Neighborhoods in the Area
Discover South Beach and Sea Gate.
South Beach
South Beach is a neighborhood on the East Shore…
2 miles northwest of Swinburne Island
Midland Beach
Midland Beach is a neighborhood of Staten Island in New York City.
2½ miles west of Swinburne Island
Swinburne Island
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Latitude
40.56596° or 40° 33′ 58″ north
Longitude
-74.05004° or 74° 3′ 0″ west
Open location code
87G7HW8X+9X
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
leisure = nature_reserve
OpenStreetMap feature
natural = coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place = islet
GeoNames ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Russian—“Swinburne Island” goes by many names.
Swinburne IslandBavarian
Swinburne IslandCebuano
Swinburne IslandEstonian
סווינבורןHebrew
סווינברןHebrew
スウィンバーン島Japanese
스윈번섬Korean
Swinburne IslandNorwegian
Swinburne IslandNorwegian Bokmål
СуинбернRussian
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