High Island
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High Island may refer to:
  • High Island, Texas
    High Island, Texas
    High Island is an unincorporated area located in the Bolivar Peninsula census-designated place, Galveston County, Texas, United States. The community is located in the extreme eastern part of the county on Bolivar Peninsula, less than one mile from Chambers County and less than two miles from...

    , USA, a community
  • High Island (Michigan)
    High Island (Michigan)
    High Island is an island in Lake Michigan and is part of the Beaver Island archipelago. It is in size. The island is owned by the U.S. state of Michigan and is managed by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources as part of the Beaver Islands State Wildlife Management Area.High Island got its...

    , USA
  • High Island (New York), USA
  • High Island, Hong Kong
    High Island, Hong Kong
    High Island or Leung Shuen Wan is a former island in the southeast of Sai Kung Peninsula, Hong Kong. The island was connected to the peninsula by two dams to enclose the Kwun Mun Channel and form the High Island Reservoir. The construction of the dam spanned 10 years from 1969 to 1979...

     (Leung Shuen Wan, 糧船灣洲), Sai Kung District, New Territories
  • High Island (Queensland), Australia
  • High Island (Maryland), an island in Maryland, USA
  • High Island (Rhode River), an island in Maryland, USA
  • High Island in Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia
  • High Island, one of the Thimble Islands
    Thimble Islands
    Ghost Island redirects here. For the island in Japan, see Hashima Island.The Thimble Islands is an archipelago consisting of small islands in Long Island Sound, located in and around the harbor of Stony Creek in the southeast corner of Branford, Connecticut.The archipelago of islands made up of...

     in Connecticut, USA
  • Ardoileán
    Ardoileán
    Ardoileán or Ard Oileán, known in English as High Island , is a small island off the northwest coast of Connemara in County Galway, Ireland...

     or High Island, Ireland
  • East Wallabi Island
    East Wallabi Island
    East Wallabi Island is an island in the Wallabi Group of the Houtman Abrolhos, located in the Indian Ocean off the west coast of mainland Australia.-History:East Wallabi Island played an important role in the story of the Batavia shipwreck and massacre...

    , usually referred to as "High Island" in the context of the Batavia shipwreck

See also

  • high island
    High island
    In geology , a high island is an island of volcanic origin. The term can be used to distinguish such islands from low islands, whose origin is due to sedimentation or uplifting of coral reefs.-Definition and origin:...

    , a geological term describing an island of volcanic origin
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