Muskingum Island is a long narrow bar

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 ...

on the Ohio River in Wood County,

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between the towns of Moore Junction,

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and

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, West Virginia. The island is mostly covered in forests and contains a number of

oil wells An oil well is a drillhole boring in Earth that is designed to bring petroleum oil hydrocarbons to the surface. Usually some natural gas is released as associated petroleum gas along with the oil. A well that is designed to produce only gas may ...

. Since 1995, a site on Muskingum Island has been used as a pulse-point for the native mussel population health in the

Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge The Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge (ORINWR) is a National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in non-contiguous sites consisting of islands along of the Ohio River, primarily (85% of acreage) in the U.S. state of West Virginia. There are also two ...

which the island is a part.

References

River islands of West Virginia Islands of Wood County, West Virginia Islands of the Ohio River {{WoodCountyWV-geo-stub

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