Nelson Island
Nelson Island is an islet in Benton, Washington. Nelson Island is situated nearby to the neighborhood Gold Coast District, as well as near Tri-Cities Research District.Places of Interest
Highlights include Richland Airport and Washington State University Tri-Cities.
Richland Airport
Aerodrome
Richland Airport is a public airport in the northwest United States, located two miles northwest of the central business district of Richland, a city in Benton County, Washington. It is owned by the Port of Benton. Richland Airport is situated 2 miles west of Nelson Island.
Washington State University Tri-Cities
University
Photo: Umptanum, Public domain.
Washington State University Tri-Cities is one of six campuses that make up Washington State University. It is located along the Columbia River in northern Richland, Washington. Washington State University Tri-Cities is situated 2 miles north of Nelson Island.
Howard Amon Park
Park
Photo: Kirk Bagley, CC BY 3.0.
Howard Amon Park is a multi-use recreation area on the shore of the Columbia River in Richland in the U.S. state of Washington. The original arch at the entrance to the park was the first thing in the city when it was incorporated in 1912, but has since been replaced. Howard Amon Park is situated 2 miles south of Nelson Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Richland and West Richland.
Richland
Photo: PNWCorbin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Richland is a city of 51,000 people in the Columbia River Plateau, where the Yakima River flows into the Columbia. It is the closest city to the Hanford Nuclear Site, where development of its historic nuclear reactor lead to a large national research lab and a waste remediation effort that is the single largest construction project in the country.
West Richland
Town
Photo: Williamborg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Columbia River Plateau, sometimes called the Columbia River Basin, is a broad plateau in Washington State where the Columbia River rolls its way between the Cascade Mountains and the Rocky Mountain foothills. West Richland is situated 4 miles west of Nelson Island.
Richland Y
Locality
Photo: Williamborg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Richland is a city in Benton County, Washington, United States. It is located in southeastern Washington at the confluence of the Yakima and the Columbia Rivers. Richland Y is situated 4½ miles south of Nelson Island.
Nelson Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Benton County, Washington, United States of America
- Categories: island, locality, and landform
- Location: Benton, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
46.30428° or 46° 18′ 15″ northLongitude
-119.26079° or 119° 15′ 39″ westElevation
348 feet (106 metres)Open location code
85R28P3Q+PMOpenStreetMap ID
way 71071479OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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In Other Languages
“Nelson Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Nelson Island”
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