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Russell Island, Queensland (other)
Russell Island may refer to: * Russell Island (British Columbia), Canada, one of the Gulf Islands * Russell Island (Frankland Islands), in Queensland, Australia * Russell Island (Michigan), United States * Russell Island (Moreton Bay), in Queensland, Australia * Russell Island (Nunavut), Canada * Russell Island (Ontario), Canada, in Lake Huron * Russell Island, Bahamas See also *Russell Islands :''See also Russell Island (other).'' The Russell Islands are two small islands ( Pavuvu and Mbanika), as well as several islets, of volcanic origin, in the Central Province of Solomon Islands. They are located approximately northwest o ...
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Russell Island (British Columbia)
Russell Island may refer to: * Russell Island (British Columbia), Canada, one of the Gulf Islands * Russell Island (Frankland Islands), in Queensland, Australia * Russell Island (Michigan), United States * Russell Island (Moreton Bay), in Queensland, Australia * Russell Island (Nunavut) Russell Island is an uninhabited island of the Arctic Archipelago in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is located in the Parry Channel, separated from the northern tip of Prince of Wales Island by the narrow Baring Channel. The west ..., Canada * Russell Island (Ontario), Canada, in Lake Huron * Russell Island, Bahamas See also * Russell Islands, an island group in the South-Western Pacific {{geodis ...
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Gulf Islands
The Gulf Islands are a group of islands in the Salish Sea between Vancouver Island and the mainland coast of British Columbia. Etymology The name "Gulf Islands" comes from "Gulf of Georgia," the original term used by George Vancouver in his mapping of the southern part of the archipelago and which before the San Juan Island dispute also was taken to include what have since been called the San Juan Islands. Strictly speaking, the Strait of Georgia is only the wide, open waters of the main strait between the mainland and Vancouver Island, and does not officially refer to the adjoining waters between the islands and Vancouver Island but has become a common misnomer for the entire Gulf, which includes waters such as Active Pass (between Galiano Island and Mayne Island), Trincomali Channel (between Galiano Island and Saltspring Island), Sansum Narrows (between Saltspring Island and Vancouver Island), and Malaspina Strait (between Texada Island and the mainland around Powe ...
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Russell Island (Frankland Islands)
Russell Island in North Queensland is part of the Frankland Islands which form Frankland Group National Park, 30 km north-east of Babinda, and south-east of Cairns. A Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service campsite exists on the flat end of the island overlooking a beach; the other end of the island is steep with heavy jungle. Pythons are known to inhabit the island. The Frankland Islands are teeming with permanent & migratory marine life, especially the green sea turtle The green sea turtle (''Chelonia mydas''), also known as the green turtle, black (sea) turtle or Pacific green turtle, is a species of large sea turtle of the family Cheloniidae. It is the only species in the genus ''Chelonia''. Its range exten ... which nests on the island. Normanby Island, part of the Frankland Islands group offers a comprehensive reef system with a tropical island. The islands are very popular with reef tour operators working from Cairns. References Islands of Queensland ...
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Russell Island (Michigan)
Russell Island is a small private island in the St. Clair River in the U.S. state of Michigan between Algonac and Walpole Island, Ontario, Canada. It is immediately upriver from Sand Island which is itself immediately upriver from Harsens Island Harsens Island is a wet marshy location at the mouth of the St. Clair River on Lake St. Clair, in the U.S. state of Michigan. Politically, the island is in Clay Township of St. Clair County. History The island was named for its first Euro-Amer ...; it includes two smaller islands, Anderson Island on the northwest, and "The Gold Coast" on the southwest. The island, which is accessible only via passenger ferry or by private watercraft, contains about 150 cottages. There are no cars on the island; the only motorized vehicles are golf carts. Russell Island is part of Clay Township in St. Clair County and is an acceptable name for the Algonac ZIP code 48001, which serves most of the township on the mainland.
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Russell Island (Moreton Bay)
Russell Island is an island, a town and a Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the City of Redland, Queensland, Australia. The island is also known by its traditional Aboriginal name of ''Canaipa''. In the , Russell Island had a population of 2,836 people. Geography Russell Island in Redland City is the biggest of the Southern Moreton Bay Islands (Queensland), Southern Moreton Bay Islands, situated between the mainland and North Stradbroke Island. The island is eight kilometres long (north-to-south) and nearly three kilometres wide. The channel separating it from the mainland is known as Main Channel and the channel separating it from North Stradbroke Island is known as Canaipa Passage. Russell Island has the following headlands (from north to south): * Canaipa Point, on the north-east of the island () * Kibbinkibbinwa Point, on the north of the island () * Rocky Point, on the south-east of the island () Russell Island has the following passages (from north to sou ...
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Russell Island (Nunavut)
Russell Island is an uninhabited island of the Arctic Archipelago in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is located in the Parry Channel, separated from the northern tip of Prince of Wales Island by the narrow Baring Channel. The western third of the island is separated from the other two thirds by a narrow lake and its outlet. At the northern end of the lake there is an isthmus just wide and this joins the two parts of the island. With a total area of , it is the largest island offshore of Prince of Wales Island. William Edward Parry was the first European to sight the island in 1819. Another, much smaller Russell Island lies off the northwest tip of Devon Island. A third one lies in the West Foxe Islands, in Hudson Strait, southwest of Alareak Island. References Further reading * Green, David E. C.; ''The Late Quaternary History of Russell Island, N.W.T.'', Ottawa: National Library of Canada, 1988, External links Russell Island (Nunavut)in the Atlas of ...
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Russell Island (Ontario)
Russell Island may refer to: * Russell Island (British Columbia), Canada, one of the Gulf Islands * Russell Island (Frankland Islands), in Queensland, Australia * Russell Island (Michigan), United States * Russell Island (Moreton Bay), in Queensland, Australia * Russell Island (Nunavut) Russell Island is an uninhabited island of the Arctic Archipelago in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada. It is located in the Parry Channel, separated from the northern tip of Prince of Wales Island by the narrow Baring Channel. The west ..., Canada * Russell Island (Ontario), Canada, in Lake Huron * Russell Island, Bahamas See also * Russell Islands, an island group in the South-Western Pacific {{geodis ...
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Lake Huron
Lake Huron ( ) is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. Hydrologically, it comprises the easterly portion of Lake Michigan–Huron, having the same surface elevation as Lake Michigan, to which it is connected by the , Straits of Mackinac. It is shared on the north and east by the Canadian province of Ontario and on the south and west by the U.S. state of Michigan. The name of the lake is derived from early French explorers who named it for the Huron people inhabiting the region. The Huronian glaciation was named from evidence collected from Lake Huron region. The northern parts of the lake include the North Channel and Georgian Bay. Saginaw Bay is located in the southwest corner of the lake. The main inlet is the St. Marys River, and the main outlet is the St. Clair River. Geography By surface area, Lake Huron is the second-largest of the Great Lakes, with a surface area of —of which lies in Michigan; and lies in Ontario—making it the third-largest fre ...
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Russell Island, Bahamas
Russell may refer to: People * Russell (given name) * Russell (surname) * Lady Russell (other) * Lord Russell (other) Places Australia *Russell, Australian Capital Territory * Russell Island, Queensland (other) **Russell Island (Moreton Bay) **Russell Island (Frankland Islands) *Russell Falls, Tasmania *A former name of Westerway, Tasmania Canada * Russell, Ontario, a township in Ontario *Russell, Ontario (community), a town in the township mentioned above. * Russell, Manitoba *Russell Island (Nunavut) New Zealand *Russell, New Zealand, formerly Kororareka *Okiato or Old Russell, the first capital of New Zealand Solomon Islands * Russell Islands United States *Russell, Arkansas *Russell City, California, formerly Russell * Russell, Colorado *Russell, Georgia *Russell, Illinois *Russell, Iowa *Russell, Kansas *Russell, Kentucky, in Greenup County *Russell, Louisville, Kentucky *Russell, Massachusetts, a New England town **Russell (CDP), Massachuse ...
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