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Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...
. Most of Texas' islands are small, unnamed and uninhabited and could not be listed. *
Alcatraz Alcatraz Island () is a small island in San Francisco Bay, offshore from San Francisco, California, United States. The island was developed in the mid-19th century with facilities for a lighthouse, a military fortification, and a military pris ...
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Alexander Island Alexander Island, which is also known as Alexander I Island, Alexander I Land, Alexander Land, Alexander I Archipelago, and Zemlja Alexandra I, is the largest island of Antarctica. It lies in the Bellingshausen Sea west of Palmer Land, Antarc ...
* ''Atkinson Island'' (Chambers County) * Bayucos Island *''Bird Island'' (Chambers County) * Blackberry Island *
Brazos Island Brazos Island, also known as Brazos Santiago Island, is a barrier island on the Gulf Coast of Texas in the United States, south of the town of South Padre Island. The island is located in Cameron County. Brazos Santiago Pass partitions the bar ...
* ''Buck Nekkid Island'' (Burleson County) * ''Buckeye Island'' (Chambers County) * Clark Island * Clear Lake Shores (Galveston County) * ''Cove Island'' (Chambers County) * ''Coulter Island'' (Chambers County) * Coyote Island * Dagger Island * Dewberry Island *
Galveston Island Galveston Island ( ) is a barrier island on the Texas Gulf Coast in the United States, about southeast of Houston. The entire island, with the exception of Jamaica Beach, is within the city limits of the City of Galveston in Galveston County. T ...
* Goat Island (Galveston County) * Goat Island (Tarrant County) * Grass Island * Hannah Island * Horse Island (Chambers County) * Ingleside Point * ''Lawrence Island (Chambers County) *''Leat Island'' (Chambers County) * Long Island (Calhoun County) * Long Island (Cameron County) *
Matagorda Island Matagorda Island (), ''Spanish for'' "thick brush," is a 38-mile (61 km) long barrier island on the Texas Gulf coast, located approximately south of Port O'Connor, in the southernmost part of Calhoun County. The traditional homeland of ...
* Mud Island (Aransas County) * Mud Island (Brazoria County) *
Mustang Island Mustang Island is a barrier island on the Gulf Coast of Texas in the United States. The island is 18 miles (29 km) long, stretching from Corpus Christi to Port Aransas. The island is oriented generally northeast–southwest, with the Gulf ...
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North Padre Island North Padre Island is a barrier island along the coast of Texas. It and South Padre Island were formed after the creation of the Port Mansfield Channel split Padre Island in two. From north to south, North Padre Island is located in parts of Nu ...
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Padre Island Padre Island is the largest of the Texas barrier islands and the world's longest barrier island. The island is located along Texas's southern coast of the Gulf of Mexico and is noted for its white sandy beaches. Meaning ''father'' in Spanish, it ...
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Pelican Island (Corpus Christi) Pelican Island is a semi-tropical island in the Corpus Christi Bay, situated immediately south of the Corpus Christi Ship Channel. It is one of the largest habitats of both brown pelicans and white pelicans in the Texas Texas (, ; Spa ...
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Pelican Island (Galveston, Texas) Pelican Island is an island located in Galveston County, Texas. It is part of the city of Galveston and is linked to Galveston Island by the Pelican Island causeway. The island is home to the Texas A&M University at Galveston as well as two mus ...
* Pelone Island * Pine Island * Pleasure Island *
Port Aransas Port Aransas ( ) is a city in Nueces County, Texas, United States. This city is 180 miles southeast of San Antonio. The population was 2,904 at the 2020 census. Port Aransas is the only established town on Mustang Island. It is located north of ...
* Red Fish Island * San José Island *
Shamrock Island A shamrock is a young sprig, used as a symbol of Ireland. Saint Patrick, Ireland's patron saint, is said to have used it as a metaphor for the Christian Holy Trinity. The name ''shamrock'' comes from Irish (), which is the diminutive ...
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Skimmer Key Skimmer may refer to: Animals *Skimmer (bird), a common name for birds in the genus ''Rynchops'' *Skimmer (dragonfly), a common name for dragonflies in the family Libellulidae *Water strider or skimmer, a common name for insects in the family Ge ...
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South Padre Island South Padre Island is a barrier island in the U.S. state of Texas. The remote landform is located in Cameron County, Willacy County, and accessible by the Queen Isabella Causeway. South Padre Island was formed when the creation of the Port Man ...
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Spoil Banks Spoil or spoils: *Plunder taken from an enemy or victim *Material (such as rock, earth or other overburden) removed during: **Earthworks (engineering), excavation **Overburden, mining **dredging *An Australian rules football tactic, see One percent ...
* ''Sunny Buns Island'' (Washington County) * Tres Marais Island * Turkey Island * Turnstake Island * Twin Island * Ultimo Island * Vanderveer Island * Vingt-et-un Islands * Walton Island * Ward Island * Watts Island * Wood Island *
Yucca Island ''Yucca'' is a genus of perennial shrubs and trees in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae. Its 40–50 species are notable for their rosettes of evergreen, tough, sword-shaped leaves and large terminal panicles of white or whitish ...


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Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...
Islands 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 ...