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Starve Island

Starve Island is an island of the U.S. state of located in . The 2-acre island is about a mile south of . In normal weather conditions it is visible for only a mile or two, as some rocks and a few shrubs poking up from the lake, and is the second smallest of the Lake Erie Islands.
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Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
  • Type: Islet
  • Description: island in Lake Erie in Ottawa County, Ohio, United States
  • Also known as: “Dinner Island” and “Glacial Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Put in Bay Airport and United States Coast Guard Station Lighthouse.

Aerodrome
Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.
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.

Lighthouse
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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 owned by a university - Ohio State.

Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Alvintrusty, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial commonly known as Perry's Monument commemorates the Battle of Lake Erie that took place near 's , in which American Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry led a United States Navy squadron to victory over a smaller Royal Navy squadron under Robert Heriot Barclay during the War of 1812. is situated 2 miles north of Starve 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 4 miles north of Starve 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.

Starve Island

Latitude
41.62663° or 41° 37′ 36″ north
Longitude
-82.82256° or 82° 49′ 21″ west
Elevation
568 feet (173 metres)
Open location code
86HVJ5GG+MX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 106212307
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
5172965
Wiki­data ID
Q7602639
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Japanese—“Starve Island” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Starve Island”
  • French: “Starve Island”
  • Japanese: “スターヴ島”

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