New York City waterway islands

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group of geographic features set of islands

New York City waterway islands are a scattered group of small, often historically significant or ecologically important islands located in the rivers, bays, and harbor surrounding New York City.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
New York City waterways	1
United States Minor Islands of New York City	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	group of geographic features ⓘ set of islands ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
governedBy	New York City ⓘ surface form: City of New York
hasCharacteristic	many are ecologically important ⓘ many are historically significant ⓘ many are small in area ⓘ some are uninhabited ⓘ some contain major transportation or utility infrastructure ⓘ some have been used as prison or jail sites ⓘ some have been used for military fortifications ⓘ some have been used for quarantine or medical facilities ⓘ some host critical bird nesting habitats ⓘ
hasMember	Barren Island ⓘ surface form: Barren Island (remnant areas) Broad Channel ⓘ Canarsie Pol ⓘ City Island ⓘ Ellis Island ⓘ Governors Island ⓘ Hart Island ⓘ Hoffman Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge ⓘ surface form: Islands of Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Islands of Pelham Bay ⓘ Islands of the Arthur Kill ⓘ Liberty Island ⓘ Mill Rock ⓘ North Brother Island ⓘ Prall’s Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Wards Island ⓘ surface form: Randalls and Wards Islands Rikers Island ⓘ Roosevelt Island ⓘ Ruffle Bar ⓘ Shooter’s Island ⓘ South Brother Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Swinburne Island NERFINISHED ⓘ U Thant Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	East River ⓘ Hudson River ⓘ Jamaica Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ Long Island Sound ⓘ Lower New York Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City ⓘ New York Harbor estuarine system ⓘ surface form: New York Harbor Upper New York Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	waterways of New York City ⓘ
region	Northeastern United States ⓘ
usedFor	recreation ⓘ tourism ⓘ wildlife conservation ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Harbor Unit → jurisdiction → New York City waterway islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York City waterways

North Brother Island → partOf → New York City waterway islands ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Minor Islands of New York City

South Brother Island → partOf → New York City waterway islands ⓘ