Green Island
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In Africa
- Green Island (Egypt), in the Gulf of Suez
- Green Island (Eritrea), in the Red Sea (Gulf of ZulaGulf of ZulaThe Gulf of Zula, also known in various accounts as Annesley Bay, the Bay of Arafali , or the Gulf of Arafali, is a body of water on the Eritrean coastline on the Red Sea, located at ....
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In Asia
- Green Island, Hong KongGreen Island, Hong KongGreen Island is an island off the northwest coast of Kennedy Town on the Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong, separated by the Sulphur Channel. A smaller island nearby to the east, uninhabited, is called Little Green Island...
, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China - Ilha VerdeIlha VerdeIlha Verde , literally meaning "Green Island", is an area in the northwest of Macau Peninsula, Macau that forms part of the Our Lady Fatima Parish. It was formerly an island to the west of the Macau Isthmus, and was connected to Macau Peninsula in 1895 when a causeway was built....
(lit. Green Island), Macau SAR, People's Republic of China - Green Island, TaiwanGreen Island, TaiwanGreen Island is a small volcanic island in the Pacific Ocean, about off the eastern coast of Taiwan. In the 19th century it was known as Samasana Island and the Japanese called it Kasho-to . The island is 15.092 km² at high tide and 17.329 km² at low tide...
, Republic of China - Green Island (Kerala)Dharmadam IslandDharmadam Island is a small 2 hectare private island in the Kannur District of Kerala, southern India. It lies 100 metres from the mainland at Dharmadam. This island, covered with coconut palms and dense bush is a beautiful sight from the Muzhappilangad beach. During low tide, one can walk out to...
, India
Britain
- Green Island (Dorset)Green Island (Dorset)Green Island is an island in Poole Harbour in the English county of Dorset. It lies in the central south part of the harbour, south of Brownsea Island and Furzey Island...
, Poole Harbour, Dorset - Green Island (Isles of Scilly), Isles of ScillyIsles of ScillyThe Isles of Scilly form an archipelago off the southwestern tip of the Cornish peninsula of Great Britain. The islands have had a unitary authority council since 1890, and are separate from the Cornwall unitary authority, but some services are combined with Cornwall and the islands are still part...
- Green Island, JerseyGreen Island, JerseyGreen Island or La Motte is a tidal island in the parish of St Clement on the south-east coast of Jersey It is situated near the sea shore and is accessible at low tide but visitors to the Island need to be careful not to be cut off by the incoming tide. The island has a grassy surface and is...
, Jersey, Channel Islands
Ireland
- GreenislandGreenislandGreenisland is a village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It lies 7 miles north-east of Belfast and 3 miles south-west of Carrickfergus. The village is on the coast of Belfast Lough and is named after a tiny islet to the west, the Green Island....
, County AntrimCounty AntrimCounty Antrim is one of six counties that form Northern Ireland, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of 2,844 km², with a population of approximately 616,000...
, Northern Ireland - Green Island, County Down, a townland in County Down, Northern Ireland
Canada
- Green Island (Catalina), Newfoundland and Labrador
- Green Island (Fortune), Newfoundland and Labrador
- Green Island (Rideau River)Green Island (Rideau River)Green Island in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, is an island at the end of the Rideau River, at the Rideau Falls at the confluence with the Ottawa River. It is situated in the neighbourhood of New Edinburgh....
, Ontario - Green Island (Severn Sound), in Lake Muskoka, Ontario
- Green Island (Ottawa River), in Ontario
- Green Islet, in Ontario
- Greene Island (Lake Ontario), in Ontario
- Greene Island (Lake Huron), in Ontario
Caribbean
- Green Island (Antigua and Barbuda)Green Island (Antigua and Barbuda)Green Island is a small island lying off the eastern coast of Antigua. It lies close to the mouth of Nonsuch Bay....
, off the east coast of Antigua - Green Island, JamaicaGreen Island, JamaicaGreen Island is a small town in northwestern Jamaica, located on the west coast between Negril and Lucea in the parish of Hanover. It is located close to Orange Bay.It is a beautiful place with one of the finest schools in Jamaica and a good harbour....
- Green Island (Saba), an islet off the north coast of Saba, Netherlands
United States
- Green Island, Hawaii, part of Kure Atoll
- Green Island (Massachusetts)Green Island (Massachusetts)Green Island, also known as North Brewster Island, is a rocky outer island in the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, to the north of Calf Island and Hypocrite Channel. The island has a permanent size of , plus an intertidal zone of a further , and is exposed from the east and northeast...
in Boston Outer Harbor, Massachusetts - Green Island, New YorkGreen Island, New YorkGreen Island is a coterminous town and village in Albany County, New York, USA some 8 miles north of Albany, New York. Green Island is one of only five such town-village amalgams in New York. The population was 2,620 at the 2010 census...
, a village - Green Island BridgeGreen Island BridgeThe Green Island Bridge crosses the Hudson River in New York, connecting Green Island with Troy. It opened September 12, 1981.-History:The original Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad bridge was a wood-truss covered bridge built in 1832. On May 10, 1862 it caught fire from the sparks of a passing...
, New York - Green Island, IowaGreen Island, IowaGreen Island is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, Iowa, United States....
- Green Island (Conchas Lake), in Conchas LakeConchas LakeConchas Lake is a long reservoir in northeastern New Mexico, behind Conchas Dam on the Canadian River. The lake has an elevation of 4,200 feet and a surface area of 9,600 acres....
, New Mexico - Green Island (Ohio)Green Island (Ohio)Green Island is a small island of the U.S. state of Ohio, in Lake Erie. It is located approximately three miles southwest of Put-in-Bay.- History :...
, Lake Erie - Green Island (Wisconsin)Green Island (Wisconsin)Green Island is an island in Green Bay and part of Marinette County, Wisconsin. The Green Island Light is on the island.- Overview :The 87+ acre island is crescent shaped and has submerged shoals extending out half or more on each of the southern sides. The northern side consists of large boulders...
, Green Bay, Wisconsin - Greene Island (Rhode Island)Greene Island (Rhode Island)Greene Island is a small island in Narragansett Bay, Warwick, Rhode Island. The island was named after Captain John Greene and features shallow tidal flats and marsh grasses.-References and external links:*...
, Rhode Island
Australia
- Big Green IslandBig Green IslandBig Green Island is an island with an area of 122 ha, in south-eastern Australia. It is part of Tasmania’s Big Green Island Group, lying in eastern Bass Strait west of Flinders in the Furneaux Group. It is composed of granite with limestone and dolerite outcrops. It is partly a nature reserve...
, Tasmania - Green Island (Queensland)Green Island (Queensland)Green Island is a very popular coral cay offshore from Cairns, Queensland, Australia located within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park World Heritage Area. The island is surrounded by coral reef and protected in the Green Island National Park. Most visitors come for the day...
- Green Island National ParkGreen Island National ParkGreen Island National Park is a protected area declared over a small coral cay known to the local Gungganyji Aboriginal peoples as Dabuukji...
, Queensland - Green Island (New South Wales)
- Green Island (Tasmania)Green Island (Tasmania)Green Island is a small island nature reserve with an area of 4.17 ha in south-eastern Australia. Lying close to the south-eastern coast of Tasmania around the entrance to the Derwent River...
- Green Island (Western Australia)Green Island (Western Australia)Green Island is an island in Oyster Harbour located approximately northeast of Albany in Western Australia.The island has a total area of and was designated as a Class 1A Nature Reserve in 1988....
, in Oyster Harbour, King George Sound - Buller, Whittell And Green Islands Nature Reserve, a protected area of Western AustraliaProtected areas of Western AustraliaWestern Australia is the second largest subnational entity in the world. It contains no fewer than 1224 separate Protected Areas with a total area of 170,610 km²...
Other
- Green Island, New ZealandGreen Island, New ZealandGreen Island is an island off the coast of Dunedin, New Zealand, also the name of one of the city's suburbs. The suburb is not on the sea — formerly a borough, it took its name from the Green Island bush, uncleared native forest extending from the valley where the town is centred over the hills...
, an island and a nearby town in New Zealand's South Island - Green Island, Papua New Guinea, alternate name for Nissan Island, the largest of the Green Islands
- Green Islands (Papua New Guinea)
- Green Island (Auckland Islands), a sub-Antarctic island south of New Zealand
Non-geographic meanings
- "Green Island" (also known as The Island), a song by Ewan MacCollEwan MacCollEwan MacColl was an English folk singer, songwriter, socialist, actor, poet, playwright, and record producer. He was married to theatre director Joan Littlewood, and later to American folksinger Peggy Seeger. He collaborated with Littlewood in the theatre and with Seeger in folk music...
on his album Naming of Names also recorded by Christy MooreChristy MooreChristopher Andrew "Christy" Moore is a popular Irish folk singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is well known as one of the founding members of Planxty and Moving Hearts...
on his album Smoke and Strong WhiskeySmoke and Strong WhiskeySmoke and Strong Whiskey is an album by Irish folk singer Christy Moore, released in 1991.-Track listing:All tracks composed by Christy Moore; except where indicated# "Welcome to the Cabaret" - 3:50... - Green Island CementGreen Island CementGreen Island Cement is a Hong Kong company that sells cement.It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings.- History :The company was founded at Ilha Verde in Macau in 1887.- External links :*...
, a Hong Kong company
See also
- Green Holm (disambiguation)Green Holm (disambiguation)-Shetland:* Green Holm, , is a small uninhabited island 0.5km north of Burra Ness* Green Holm, in the Isles of Gletness off south east, Mainland, Shetland * Green Holm off Vementry-See also:* Gruney...
- Gruney (disambiguation)Gruney (disambiguation)Gruney or Grunay is the name of several Shetland Islands. It derives from the Old Norse for "green island".-Other uses:* Gruna off Vementry* Gruney, one of the Ramna Stacks, a special protection area for birds* Haaf Gruney by Unst...
- Île VerteÎle VerteThere are several places called Île Verte :* Île Verte , France* Île Verte , Quebec, Canada* the French name for Green Island , Newfoundland and Labrador...
, French for "Green Island"