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Gibson Island (other)
Gibson Island may refer to: Australia * Gibson Island (Houtman Abrolhos, in the Indian Ocean), Western Australia * Gibson Island, Queensland, an island in the Brisbane River in Brisbane Canada * Gibson Island (Nunavut) United States

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Houtman Abrolhos
The Houtman Abrolhos (often called the Abrolhos Islands) is a chain of 122 islands and associated coral reefs in the Indian Ocean off the west coast of Australia about west of Geraldton, Western Australia. It is the southernmost true coral reef in the Indian Ocean, and one of the highest latitude reef systems in the world. It is one of the world's most important seabird breeding sites, and the centre of Western Australia's largest single-species fishery, the western rock lobster fishery. It has a small seasonal population of fishermen, and a limited number of tourists are permitted for day trips, but most of the land area is off-limits as a conservation habitat. It is the site of numerous shipwrecks, the most famous being two Dutch ships: , which was wrecked in 1629 (followed by massacre of over 100 survivors by mutineers), and , wrecked in 1727. The islands are an unincorporated area with no municipal government, subject to direct administration of the Government of Wester ...
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Gibson Island, Queensland
Gibson, Gibson's or Gibsons may refer to: Business * Gibson Appliance, a former American refrigerator manufacturer * Gibson (guitar company), an American manufacturer of guitars, other musical instruments, and audio equipment * Gibson Greetings, an American greeting cards brand * Gibson Manufacturing Corporation, a former American tractor and railroad speeder manufacturer * Gibson Technology, and English automotive and motorsport company based * Gibson's Discount Center, a former American discount store chain * Gibson's Finest, a brand of Canadian whiskey People * Gibson (surname) * Gibson baronets Places Australia * Gibson, Western Australia, a village * Gibson Desert, Western Australia Canada * Gibson, Ontario * Gibsons, a town in British Columbia United States * Gibson, Arkansas * Gibson, Georgia * Gibson, Iowa * Gibson, Louisiana * Gibson, Mississippi * Gibson, Dunklin County, Missouri * Gibson, Pemiscot County, Missouri * Gibson, New York * Gibson, North Carolina * Gi ...
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Gibson Island (Nunavut)
Gibson Island is located in Nunavut's Kitikmeot Region within the northern Canadian Arctic. It is in Franklin Strait, west of the mainland's Boothia Peninsula, and southwest of Murchison Promontory Murchison Promontory (), a Cape (geography), cape (promontory) in the Northern Canada, northern Canadian Arctic, is the Extreme points of the Americas, northernmost mainland point of the Americas and of Canada.Uninhabited islands of Kitikmeot Region {{KitikmeotNU-island-stub ...
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Gibson Island (Maryland)
Gibson Island is an island and Unincorporated area#United States, unincorporated community on the western shore of the Chesapeake Bay. It is part of Anne Arundel County, Maryland, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, United States and is the eastern terminus of Maryland Route 177. It is connected by a causeway to Pasadena, Maryland. The two locations do not share a ZIP code. History Gibson Island's history includes its use as a summer residence by Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans in the 17th century. Captain John Smith of Jamestown, John Smith sailed past it in his voyage up the Chesapeake Bay in 1608. Land grants began issue around the 1680s. In the early 1900s, W. Stuart Symington Jr. (1871–1926) bought the island's land (including three existing island farms) with his brother Thomas, to develop the island into a residential community. One of the early owners was a man named Gibson, after whom the island is named. The Symingtons, upon the advice of Edward H ...
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