Davids Island (other)
Davids Island may refer to: * Davids Island (New York), United States * Davids Island (Nunavut), Canada See also * Davis Island (other), several places * David Island David Island () is an ice-covered island, long and wide, marked by rock exposures along its north and east sides, lying off Davis Peninsula in the Shackleton Ice Shelf in Antarctica. It was discovered in November 1912 by the Western Base party o ..., Antarctica {{geodis ...
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Davids Island (New York)
Davids Island is a island off the coast of New Rochelle, New York, in Long Island Sound. Currently uninhabited, it was previously the site of Fort Slocum. The island is home to the endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtle, and birds such as osprey and least terns. Davids Island also supports valuable wetlands, rare rocky intertidal areas, and sandy beaches. The waters surrounding the island are home to winter flounder, Atlantic herring, and Atlantic silverside. Etymology The name is often given as "David Hawk's" or "David Hawk" Island, but neither is correct. The island is named after its next-to-last civilian owner before the Army acquired it: New York City ink manufacturer and Westchester County resident Thaddeus Davids. It was first leased (1861–1867), then owned (1867–1965), by the U.S. government, and was known as "Davids Island Military Reservation" until it was renamed "Fort Slocum" on July 1, 1896. Previously, it had been named after other owners and was called success ...
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Davids Island (Nunavut)
Davids Island is a member of the Arctic Archipelago in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut. It is an irregularly shaped Baffin Island Baffin Island (formerly Baffin Land), in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, is the largest island in Canada and the fifth-largest island in the world. Its area is , slightly larger than Spain; its population was 13,039 as of the 2021 Canadia ... offshore island, located in Admiralty Inlet, at the mouth of Fleming Inlet (to its north) and Fabricius Fiord (to its northeast). External links Davids Island (Nunavut)in the Atlas of Canada - Toporama; Natural Resources Canada Islands of Baffin Island Uninhabited islands of Qikiqtaaluk Region {{QikiqtaalukNU-geo-stub ...
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Davis Island (other)
Davis Island may refer to: Landforms Antarctica *Davis Island (Palmer Archipelago) Asia *Davis Island (Mergui Archipelago) North America * Davis Island (Connecticut) *Witch Island (a.k.a. Davis Island), Maine * Davis Island (Mississippi) * Davis Island (Pennsylvania) Oceania *Davis Island, New Zealand, Auckland Islands *Davis Land, a phantom island Townships * Davis Islands (Tampa), a neighborhood in Tampa, Florida, U.S. * Davis Island Town Site, Island Falls, Saskatchewan, Canada See also * David Island, Antarctica * Davids Island (other) Davids Island may refer to: * Davids Island (New York), United States * Davids Island (Nunavut), Canada See also * Davis Island (other), several places * David Island David Island () is an ice-covered island, long and wide, marked b ...