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[[Image:Hog Island in Rhode Island.JPG|thumbnail|right|thumb|Hog Island in the distance, seen from near the [[Bristol Ferry Light]]]] |
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[[Image:Hogisland.JPG|thumbnail|right|300px|Hog Island, circled in red, in the inner part of Narragansett Bay]] |
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'''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 |
'''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]]. |
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There are approximately 100 homes on the island at this time. |
There are approximately 100 homes on the island at this time. |
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Revision as of 06:10, 8 January 2010
41°38′30.75″N 71°16′48.25″W / 41.6418750°N 71.2800694°W
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, and is part of the town of 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.
There are approximately 100 homes on the island at this time.
References
- Hog Island: Block Group 7, Census Tract 401.03, Newport County, Rhode Island United States Census Bureau
- 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.
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