Bird Island
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Africa
- Bird Island, Algoa Bay, South Africa
- Bird Island (Namibia)Bird Island (Namibia)Bird Island is a man-made platform off the coast of Namibia between Walvis Bay and Swakopmund. It serves as a breeding ground for birds and yields a large amount of guano which is collected and sold.- History :...
, an artificial island in Walvis Bay - Bird Island, SeychellesBird Island, SeychellesBird Island is the northernmost island in the Seychelles archipelago, 60 miles from Mahe. The 0.70 km² Coral island is known for its birdlife, including sooty terns, fairy terns and common noddies, and for hawksbill and green turtles. It is now a private resort with 24 bungalows...
Australia
- Bird Island, one of the Whitsunday IslandsWhitsunday IslandsThe Whitsunday Islands are a collection of continental islands of various sizes off the central coast of Queensland, Australia, situated between just south of Bowen and to the north of Mackay, some north of Brisbane. The island group is centred on Whitsunday Island, while the group's commercial...
, Queensland - Bird Islands (Queensland), Far North Queensland
- Bird Island (Prime Seal Group)Bird Island (Prime Seal Group)Bird Island is a small granite island with an area of 1.5 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Prime Seal Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait west of Flinders in the Furneaux Group. It is joined to Flinders Island at low tide....
, north-east Tasmania - Bird Island (Tasmania)Bird Island (Tasmania)Bird Island is an island game reserve, with an area of 43.92 ha, in Bass Strait, south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Hunter Island Group which lies between north-west Tasmania and King Island...
, Hunter Island Group, north-west Tasmania - Bird Island (New South Wales)Bird Island (New South Wales)Bird Island is a small island located in the Tasman Sea adjacent to the Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia.Bird Island is located approximately 6.5 km north of Norah Head Lighthouse. It is located 1.4 km from the shore. It covers an area of 7.2 hectares and has been a nature...
, New South Wales
Europe
- Bird Island, a townland in County Down, Northern Ireland
- Bird Island, Slovakia, ŠamorínBird Island, Slovakia, ŠamorínBird Island is a small island in the Hrušovská zdrž , which is part of Gabčíkovo Reservoir, south-west of Šamorín, Slovakia. The island was built because of the constructions of the Gabčíkovo-Nagymaros dams on the Danube as habitat compensation for areas consequently flooded. The island is part of...
North America
- Bird Islands (Nunavut)Bird Islands (Nunavut)The uninhabited Bird Islands are located in Foxe Basin, closer to the Melville Peninsula than to Baffin Island. They are part of the Qikiqtaaluk Region, in the Canadian territory of Nunavut....
, Canada - Bird Island, part of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, U.S.,
- Bird Island (Marin County, California), U.S.
- Bird Island (Montana), an island in Montana, U.S
- Bird Island (Massachusetts)Bird Island (Massachusetts)Bird Island is a tiny island in Buzzards Bay at the mouth of Sippican Harbor, less than a mile off the mainland coast of the town of Marion, Massachusetts .-Landmarks:The only landmarks on Bird Island are a flagpole and an historic -high lighthouse...
, an island in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, U.S. - Bird Island (East Boston), a former island in East Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
- Bird Island (Hawaiian Islands) or Nihoa, an island in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, U.S.
- Bird Island (Oahu) or Moku Manu, an offshore islet of Oahu, Hawaii, U.S.
- Bird Island, an islet in Palmyra AtollPalmyra AtollPalmyra Atoll is an essentially unoccupied equatorial Northern Pacific atoll administered as an unorganized incorporated territory by the United States federal government...
, U.S. Minor Outlying Island - Bird Island, MinnesotaBird Island, MinnesotaBird Island is a city on U.S. Route 212 in Renville County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,042 at the 2010 census.The city is named for a nearby 60-acre island. At one time, the island, was surrounded by sloughs and covered with many huge, beautiful trees, which were a refuge for...
, U.S. - Bird Island Township, Renville County, Minnesota, U.S.
- Bird Island, North CarolinaBird Island, North CarolinaBird Island is approximately adjacent to the coastal resort town of Sunset Beach, North Carolina. Sunset Beach is on a barrier island and is the southernmost town in North Carolina. Bird Island can be reached by walking along the seashore toward the South Carolina border...
, U.S. - Brooks Island or Bird Island, Richmond, California, U.S.
South America
- Bird Island, Falkland IslandsBird Island, Falkland IslandsBird Island is one of the Falkland Islands. It lies due south of West Falkland, near Port Stephens and Calm HeadAccording to Ian Strange:-Geography:Bird Island is located 4·5 km off the south-western coast of West Falkland and is...
- Bird Island, South Georgia
- Bird Island, BelizeBird Island, BelizeBird Island is an island located in the country of Belize.Located near Tobacco Caye, Belize, this island is home to frigatebirds and brown footed boobies. This island is protected, and tourists are not allowed to dock and set foot on the island premises. In 2001, a hurricane totaled the mangrove...
See also
- Isla AvesIsla AvesIsla de Aves , or Aves Island, is a Caribbean dependency of Venezuela. It has been the subject of numerous territorial disputes between the neighboring independent islands, such as Dominica, and European mother countries of surrounding dependent islands, such as the Netherlands. It lies to the west...
(Spanish Island of birds), an island in the Caribbean Sea claimed by Venezuela and Dominica - Great Bird Island, AntiguaGreat Bird Island, AntiguaGreat Bird Island is a tiny islet lying almost three kilometres north-east of Antigua. Measuring just , smaller than most city parks, it is the only place on Earth where you can see an Antiguan Racer in the wild. The entire world population of this snake lives on the island...