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]
 Image from the International Space Station. Fish Island to the middle left and Fisherman Shoal to the middle right. | |
  Fish Island | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Lake Michigan |
| Coordinates | 45°23′40″N 86°45′52″W / 45.394580°N 86.764325°W |
| Area | 1.5 acres (0.61 ha) |
| Highest elevation | 581 ft (177.1 m) |
| Administration | |
| State | Wisconsin |
| County | Door County |
| Town | Washington Island |
| Demographics | |
| Population | Uninhabited |
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 on July 28, 2020, taken from the air. During July 2020, Lake Michigan's waters were high, with an average of 177.45 meters above sea level.[4]](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Crop_of_Aerial_view_of_Fish_Island_and_eastern_Rock_Island%2C_Door_County%2C_Wisconsin_2020.png/132px-Crop_of_Aerial_view_of_Fish_Island_and_eastern_Rock_Island%2C_Door_County%2C_Wisconsin_2020.png)
Fish Island on July 28, 2020, taken from the air. During July 2020, Lake Michigan's waters were high, with an average of 177.45 meters above sea level.[4] -
Fisherman Shoal on July 28, 2020 -
![Fish Island (left) and Fisherman Shoal (to the right) on February 22, 2014 with ice stringers; north is oriented to the left. During February 2014, Lake Michigan's waters were lower at 175.95 meters above sea level.[4] Photo taken during Expedition 38 of the International Space Station.[5]](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/ISS038-E-57973_-_View_of_Earth.jpg/303px-ISS038-E-57973_-_View_of_Earth.jpg)
Fish Island (left) and Fisherman Shoal (to the right) on February 22, 2014 with ice stringers; north is oriented to the left. During February 2014, Lake Michigan's waters were lower at 175.95 meters above sea level.[4] Photo taken during Expedition 38 of the International Space Station.[5]
![Fish Island on July 28, 2020, taken from the air. During July 2020, Lake Michigan's waters were high, with an average of 177.45 meters above sea level.[4]](/wiki/File:Crop_of_Aerial_view_of_Fish_Island_and_eastern_Rock_Island,_Door_County,_Wisconsin_2020.png)
![Fish Island (left) and Fisherman Shoal (to the right) on February 22, 2014 with ice stringers; north is oriented to the left. During February 2014, Lake Michigan's waters were lower at 175.95 meters above sea level.[4] Photo taken during Expedition 38 of the International Space Station.[5]](/wiki/File:ISS038-E-57973_-_View_of_Earth.jpg)
References
edit- ^ "Fish Island (Wisconsin)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Slattery, Sally. "The History of Door County's Islands". Door County Pulse. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
- ^ "Report For Fisherman Shoal". USGNIS. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ^ 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
- ^ 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
External links
edit- Fish Island, Web-Map of Door County, Wisconsin
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