Fish Island (Wisconsin)

Fish Island is an island on the western shore of Lake Michigan in the eastern part of the town of Washington in Door County, Wisconsin.[1] It is two miles (3.2 km) southeast of Rock Island and is under the administration of the U.S. Government. It was named Fish Island because of the abundance of trout in the area.[2]

Fish Island
Image from the International Space Station. Fish Island to the middle left and Fisherman Shoal to the middle right.
Fish Island is located in Wisconsin
Fish Island
Fish Island
Geography
LocationLake Michigan
Coordinates45°23′40″N 86°45′52″W / 45.394580°N 86.764325°W / 45.394580; -86.764325
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Highest elevation581 ft (177.1 m)
Administration
StateWisconsin
CountyDoor County
TownWashington Island
Demographics
PopulationUninhabited

Two miles south west of Fish Island, is Fisherman Shoal.[3] It is a small sand bar that surfaces when the water level is low. It is not much more than a few acres in size, but is a navigation hazard.

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Fish Island, drawn from observations made in 1976
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References

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  1. ^ "Fish Island (Wisconsin)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Slattery, Sally. "The History of Door County's Islands". Door County Pulse. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
  3. ^ "Report For Fisherman Shoal". USGNIS. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  4. ^ a b Lake Michigan-Huron: Monthly Lake-Wide Average Water Levels (1918 - Present), Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, accessed February 25, 2022
  5. ^ For more about the stringers see the caption to File:ISS-38 Washington Island on Lake Michigan.jpg, which was taken 11 seconds after thins one, which was photo ISS038-E-57973, Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth by the International Space Station program and the JSC Earth Science & Remote Sensing Unit, ARES Division, Exploration Integration Science Directorate
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