Plum Island Animal Disease Center

Plum Island Animal Disease Center is a defunct United States research facility dedicated to the study of foreign animal diseases of livestock located off the eastern tip of Long Island, New York.

Type: Military installation
Description: United States federal research facility dedicated to the study of animal diseases
Also known as: “PIADC”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Plum Island Lighthouse and Fort Terry.

Plum Island Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Plum Island Light is located on the western end of Plum Island, which lies in the Long Island Sound, east of Orient Point at the end of the North Fork of Long Island, New York. Plum Island Lighthouse is situated 2,500 feet southwest of Plum Island Animal Disease Center.

Fort Terry

Fort

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Fort Terry was a coastal fortification on Plum Island, a small island just off Orient Point, New York, United States. This strategic position afforded it a commanding view over the Atlantic entrance to the commercially vital Long Island Sound. Fort Terry is situated 1 mile east of Plum Island Animal Disease Center.

Orient Point Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Orient Point Light is a sparkplug lighthouse off Orient Point, New York in Plum Gut of Long Island Sound – the deep and narrow gap between Orient Point and Plum Island. Orient Point Lighthouse is situated 1½ miles southwest of Plum Island Animal Disease Center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Orient.

Orient

Village

Photo: David Shankbone, CC BY 2.5.

Orient is a hamlet and census-designated place in Suffolk County, Long Island, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, Orient had a population of 999. Orient is situated 6 miles southwest of Plum Island Animal Disease Center.

Plum Island Animal Disease Center

Category: research center
Location: Southold, Suffolk County, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.17934° or 41° 10′ 46″ north

Longitude

-72.20647° or 72° 12′ 23″ west

Open location code

87H95QHV+PC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 187401199

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=military

Wikidata ID

Q7205327

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Japanese—“Plum Island Animal Disease Center” goes by many names.

Chinese: “普拉姆岛动物疾病中心”
Chinese: “普拉姆島動物疾病中心”
Japanese: “プラムアイランド動物疫病研究所”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Plum Gut Harbor and Plum Island Fire Department.

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