Upper Twin Island is a

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island An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...

in Ohio County,

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on the

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. It lies upstream from its twin,

Lower Twin Island Lower Twin Island is a bar island on the Ohio River in the city of Wheeling, West Virginia. Lower Twin Island and its twin, Upper Twin Island, lie northwest of Wheeling's Warwood neighborhood. See also *List of islands of West Virginia This ...

. Both islands are part of the city of Wheeling and situated between Martins Ferry,

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and mainland Wheeling.

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River islands of West Virginia Landforms of Ohio County, West Virginia Islands of the Ohio River {{OhioCountyWV-geo-stub