Green Island
Green Island is a small 17-acre island of the U.S. state of Ohio, in Lake Erie. It is located approximately three miles southwest of Put-in-Bay. It is part of Put-in-Bay Township, in Ottawa County.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Lake Erie, Ohio, United States
- Also known as: “Ship Island” and “Strontian Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Green Island Light and Put in Bay Airport.
Green Island Light
Tower
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Green Island Light is a lighthouse located on Green Island in Lake Erie, U.S. state of Ohio, to the west of the Bass Islands. Abandoned since its deactivation in 1939, it survives as a hollow shell near the existing skeleton tower.
Put in Bay Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
Put-in-Bay Airport is a public airport located in Put-in-Bay on South Bass Island in Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. The approach to Runway 21 is complicated by Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial, which is almost exactly in line with the runway; pilots are asked to respect special procedures to avoid the monument. Put in Bay Airport is situated 2 miles east of Green Island.
United States Coast Guard Station Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
South Bass Island Light is a lighthouse on the southern end of its eponymous island in Lake Erie. It was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on April 5, 1990 and is thought to be the only lighthouse in the United States owned by a university - Ohio State. United States Coast Guard Station Lighthouse is situated 1½ miles southeast of Green Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Put-in-Bay and Middle Bass.
Put-in-Bay
Photo: Alvintrusty, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Put-in-Bay is a resort village 3 mi offshore of mainland Ohio on Lake Erie. Put-in-Bay is a village on South Bass Island, but the name commonly is used to refer to the entire island.
Middle Bass
Hamlet
Middle Bass is an unincorporated community in Put-in-Bay Township, Ottawa County, Ohio, United States. It is the only community on Middle Bass Island in Lake Erie. It has a post office with the ZIP code 43446. Middle Bass is situated 3½ miles northeast of Green Island.
Catawba Island
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
Catawba Island is part of the Ottawa County peninsula. Catawba Island is one of 12 townships that make up Ottawa County, Ohio. It is commonly referred to as Catawba and Catawba Island, although it is no longer an island as the water separating it from the mainland has been diverted.
Green Island
- Categories: lake island, locality, and landform
- Location: Ottawa, Ohio, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.64585° or 41° 38′ 45″ northLongitude
-82.86557° or 82° 51′ 56″ westElevation
587 feet (179 metres)Open location code
86HVJ4WM+8QOpenStreetMap ID
way 157771192OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Japanese—“Green Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Green Island (pulo sa Estados Unidos, Ohio, Ottawa County)”
- Cebuano: “Green Island”
- French: “Green Island”
- Japanese: “グリーン島”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Green Island Wildlife Area and Coil’s Cave.
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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 “Green Island”. Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.