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Line 1: {{Short description\|Island in Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, USA}} ~~{{coord\|41\|38\|30.75\|N\|71\|16\|48.25\|W\|type:landmark_scale:10000_region:US\|display=title}}~~ {{No footnotes\|date=March 2017}} ~~[[Image:Hog Island in Rhode Island.JPG\|thumbnail\|right\|thumb\|Hog Island in the distance, seen from near the [[Bristol Ferry Light]]]]~~ [[Image:~~Hogisland~~Hog Island in Rhode Island.JPG~~\|thumbnail~~\|right\|~~300px~~thumb\|Hog Island~~, circled~~ in ~~red~~the distance, inseen ~~the~~from ~~inner~~near ~~part~~the of[[Bristol ~~Narragansett~~Ferry ~~Bay~~Light]]]] [[Image:Hogisland.JPG\|thumb\|right\|300px\|Hog Island, circled in red, in the inner part of Narragansett Bay]] '''Hog Island''' is an island in [[Narragansett Bay]] in [[Rhode Island]], [[USA]]. It lies at the entrance to the harbor of the [[town]] of [[Bristol, Rhode Island\|Bristol]], and is part of the town of [[Portsmouth, Rhode Island\|Portsmouth]]. The 60-foot (18.3 m) tall [[Hog Island Shoal Lighthouse]] stands off the south end, warning ships to beware of the dangerous [[shoals]] around the island. The island is home to a small summer vacation colony with no regular year-round residents and has a land area of 0.797 km² (196.97 [[acres]]), making it the fifth-largest island in [[Narragansett Bay]].▼ ▲'''Hog Island''' is an American island in [[Narragansett Bay]] in [[Rhode Island~~]], [[USA~~]]. It lies at the entrance to the harbor ~~of the [[town]]~~ of [[Bristol, Rhode Island\|Bristol]], and is part of the town of [[Portsmouth, Rhode Island\|Portsmouth]]. The {{cvt\|60~~-foot (18.3~~ \|ft\|m)}} tall [[Hog Island Shoal Lighthouse]] stands off the south end, warning ships ~~to beware~~ of the dangerous [[shoals]] around the island. ~~The~~It has a land area of approximately {{cvt\|0.3\|sqmi\|ha acre}}, making it the fifth-largest island in Narragansett Bay. It is home to a small summer vacation colony, with no regular year-round residents, and ~~has~~there aare ~~land~~approximately ~~area~~100 ofhomes ~~0.797 km² (196.97 [[acres]]), making~~on it ~~the fifth-largest island in [[Narragansett Bay]]~~. ~~There are approximately 100 homes on the island at this time.~~ ==References== {{Reflist}} [http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-show_geoid=Y&-tree_id=4001&-_caller=geoselect&-context=dt&-errMsg=&-all_geo_types=N&-mt_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U_P001&-redoLog=true&-transpose=N&-search_map_config=\|b=50\|l=en\|t=4001\|zf=0.0\|ms=sel_00dec\|dw=0.04479673686622944\|dh=0.03036357406465636\|dt=gov.census.aff.domain.map.EnglishMapExtent\|if=gif\|cx=-80.1656947828176\|cy=25.74484475499639\|zl=3\|pz=3\|bo=318:317:316:315:314:313:323:319\|bl=362:393:392:358:357:356:355:354\|ft=350:349:335:389:388:332:331\|fl=381:403:204:380:369:379:368\|g=01000US&-PANEL_ID=p_dt_geo_map&-_lang=en&-geo_id=15000US440050401037&-CONTEXT=dt&-format=&-search_results=ALL&-CHECK_SEARCH_RESULTS=N&-ds_name=DEC_2000_SF1_U&-fully_or_partially=N Hog Island: Block Group 7, Census Tract 401.03, Newport County, Rhode Island] United States Census Bureau [http://www.lighthouse.cc/hogisland/ Hog Island Shoal Lighthouse]▼ Frederic Denlson, ''Narragansett Sea and Shore'', (J.A. & R.A. Reid, Providence, RI., 1879)▼ George L. Seavey, ''Rhode Island's Coastal Natural Areas.''▼ ==External links and further reading== * [https://www.census.gov Hog Island: Block Group 7, Census Tract 401.03, Newport County, Rhode Island] United States Census Bureau ▲* [http://www.lighthouse.cc/hogisland/ Hog Island Shoal Lighthouse] ▲* Frederic Denlson, (1879). ''The Past and the Present: Narragansett Sea and Shore''. Providence, (RI: J.A. & R.A. Reid~~, Providence, RI~~.~~, 1879)~~ ▲* George L. Seavey, ''Rhode Island's Coastal Natural Areas.'', {{ISBN\|9780938412137}} {{Portsmouth, Rhode Island}} {{Narragansett Bay}} {{Rhode Island}} {{Islands and Peninsulas of Rhode Island}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:~~Landforms~~Islands of Newport County, Rhode Island]]▼ [[Category:Islands of Narragansett Bay]] [[Category:Islands of Rhode Island]] ▲[[Category:Landforms of Newport County, Rhode Island]] {{RhodeIsland-geo-stub}}