Starve Island

Starve Island is an island of the U.S. state of Ohio located in Lake Erie. The 2-acre island is about a mile south of South Bass Island. 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.

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.

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.

United States Coast Guard Station Lighthouse

Lighthouse

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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.

Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial

Scenic viewpoint

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Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial is a 352-foot tall column and U.S. national memorial in Put-in-Bay, Ohio, built to commemorate the Battle of Lake Erie that took place near South Bass Island. Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial is situated 2 miles north of Starve Island.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Put-in-Bay and Catawba Island.

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.

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.

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 4 miles north of Starve Island.

Starve Island

Categories: island, locality, and landform
Location: Ottawa, Ohio, Midwest, United States, North America
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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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Satellite Map

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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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