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Georges Island, or George's Island, may refer to:


Geography

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Georges Island (Massachusetts) Georges Island is one of the islands in the Boston Harbor, situated just over from downtown Boston. The island has a permanent size of , plus an intertidal zone of a further , and rises to a height of above sea level. Historic Fort Warren ...
, offshore from the city of Boston, Massachusetts *
Georges Island (Nova Scotia) Georges Island (named after George II of Great Britain) is a glacial drumlin and the largest island entirely within the harbour limits of Halifax Harbour located in Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality. The Island is the location of Fort Ch ...
, offshore from the community of Halifax in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia *
Tahiti Tahiti (; Tahitian ; ; previously also known as Otaheite) is the largest island of the Windward group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia. It is located in the central part of the Pacific Ocean and the nearest major landmass is Austr ...
, given the name 'George's Island' (or 'King George's Island') on first encounters with the British in the 1760s


Other

* ''George's Island'' (film) *
Georges Island Lighthouse Georges Island Lighthouse is a prominent concrete lighthouse, built in 1917 on Georges Island in Nova Scotia, replacing an earlier tower built in 1876. The light-keeper's house remains standing a few hundred feet to the north.Georges (disambiguation) {{disambiguation