Green Island

Green Island is a small 17-acre island of the U.S. state of , in . It is located approximately three miles southwest of . It is part of Put-in-Bay Township, in .
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Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
  • 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.

Tower
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The is a lighthouse located on Green Island in , U.S. state of , to the west of the . Abandoned since its deactivation in 1939, it survives as a hollow shell near the existing skeleton tower.

Aerodrome
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is a public located in on in , , . The approach to Runway 21 is complicated by , which is almost exactly in line with the runway; pilots are asked to respect special procedures to avoid the monument. is situated 2 miles east of Green Island.

Lighthouse
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South Bass Island Light is a lighthouse on the southern end of its eponymous island in . 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. is situated 1½ miles southeast of Green Island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Put-in-Bay and Middle Bass.

Photo: Alvintrusty, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a resort village 3 mi offshore of mainland on Lake Erie. is a village on South Bass Island, but the name commonly is used to refer to the entire island.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in Put-in-Bay Township, , , United States. It is the only community on in . It has a with the ZIP code 43446. is situated 3½ miles northeast of Green Island.

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
is part of the Ottawa County peninsula. is one of 12 townships that make up Ottawa County, . It is commonly referred to as Catawba and , although it is no longer an island as the water separating it from the mainland has been diverted.

Green Island

Latitude
41.64585° or 41° 38′ 45″ north
Longitude
-82.86557° or 82° 51′ 56″ west
Elevation
587 feet (179 metres)
Open location code
86HVJ4WM+8Q
Open­Street­Map ID
way 157771192
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
5156395
Wiki­data ID
Q5602705
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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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