Rose Island
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In Canada
- Rose Island (Georgian Bay) in Georgian Bay of Lake Huron, Ont.
- Rose Island (Fraser River) in the South Arm Marshes of the Fraser River delta, also known as Rose-Kirkland Island, B.C.
- Rose Island (Lovesick Lake) in Lovesick Lake on the Trent-Severn Waterway, Ont.
- Rose Island (Peterborough-Hastings Counties) a small farm community on the Peterborough-Hastings County boundary north-east of Chandos Lake, Ont.
In the United States
- Rose Island (Rhode Island)Rose Island (Rhode Island)Rose Island is an island in Narragansett Bay off Newport, Rhode Island. The name of the island is allegedly named "Rose Island" because at low tide the island appears to be shaped like a rose. The Island is only accessible by boat...
, an island within Narragansett Bay, in the U.S. state of Rhode Island - Rose Island (amusement park)Rose Island (amusement park)Rose Island was a popular amusement park near Charlestown, Indiana, situated on a peninsula created by Fourteen Mile Creek emptying into the Ohio River. It was a recreational area known as Fern Grove in the 1880s, mostly used as a church camp. It was so named due to the many ferns that grew there...
, an amusement park North of Louisville, Kentucky near Charlestown, Indiana that was popular during the 1920s - Rose AtollRose AtollRose Atoll, sometimes called Rose Island or Motu O Manu by people of the nearby Manu'a Islands, is an oceanic atoll within the U.S. territory of American Samoa. It is an uninhabited wildlife refuge. It is the southernmost point in the United States. The land area is 0.214 km²...
, an atoll in American Samoa
Elsewhere
- Rose Island (Lake Starnberg)Rose Island (Lake Starnberg)Rose Island in Lake Starnberg is the only island in the lake and site of a royal villa of King Ludwig II of Bavaria. He was particularly attached to this place and made frequent renovations and remodelings of the small garden and the villa, which is called casino...
(German: Roseninsel), the only island in Starnberger See south of Munich in Bavaria, Germany - Republic of Rose IslandRepublic of Rose IslandThe Republic of Rose Island was a short-lived micronation on a man-made platform in the Adriatic Sea, 11 km off the coast of the province of Forlì, Italy....
, a short-lived micronation occupying a purpose-built artificial island platform in the Adriatic Sea in the late 1960s - Ross island (Andaman)Ross Island (Andaman)Bearing a haunted look today, the Ross Island was the Administrative Headquarters for the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, before an earthquake rocked it in 1941. The headquarters were then shifted to Port Blair. One can see remnants of an opulent past in the ruins of the church, swimming pool and the...
, an island in Andaman and Nicobar Islands - Rose IsleRose IsleRose Isle is an island in the River Thames in England just downstream of Kennington Railway Bridge on the reach above Sandford Lock, near Kennington, Oxfordshire....
, in the River Thames in Oxfordshire - Rose Island, BahamasRose Island, BahamasRose Island is a small island in the Bahamas that lies 3 miles east of Paradise Island, which lies directly off of New Providence Island. As of yet the island has no formal residential infrastructure, and no roads...
- Rose Island, New ZealandRose Island, New ZealandRose Island is an uninhabited island, part of the Auckland Islands group, a subantarctic chain that forms part of the New Zealand Outlying Islands....
, an island in the Auckland Group