Gardiners Island

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Gardiners Island is a privately owned island off the eastern tip of Long Island, New York, notable for its long-standing family ownership and rich colonial and natural history.

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Label Occurrences
Gardiners Island canonical 2
Gardiners Island, New York 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf island
privately owned island
accessPolicy not open to the general public
area approximately 13 square miles
approximately 3,400 hectares
country United States of America
surface form: United States
foundedAsManor 17th century
governedAs private estate
grantedBy King Charles I of England NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Gardiner Island NERFINISHED
Gardiner’s Island NERFINISHED
hasConservationValue relatively undisturbed coastal ecosystem
hasContinuousFamilyOwnershipSince 17th century GENERATED
hasEcosystemType beaches and dunes
maritime forest
salt marshes
hasHereditaryName Lord of the Manor of Gardiners Island NERFINISHED
hasHistoricUse farming
fishing
hunting
livestock grazing
hasLegalStatus private property
hasNearbyIsland Fisher’s Island NERFINISHED
Plum Island NERFINISHED
hasNearbyLandmark Montauk Point NERFINISHED
hasNearbyWaterBody Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED
Block Island Sound NERFINISHED
hasWildlife osprey
seabird nesting areas
shorebirds
white-tailed deer
historicalEra Colonial America NERFINISHED
length approximately 6 miles
locatedIn New York NERFINISHED
Town of East Hampton NERFINISHED
locatedInBodyOfWater Gardiners Bay NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion East End of Long Island NERFINISHED
Suffolk County, New York NERFINISHED
locatedOff eastern tip of Long Island
namedAfter Lion Gardiner NERFINISHED
notableFor colonial history
long-standing family ownership
natural history
originalGrantTo Lion Gardiner GENERATED
ownedBy Gardiner family descendants
Goelet family NERFINISHED
partOf State of New York NERFINISHED
width up to 3 miles

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Gardiners Bay borderedBy Gardiners Island
Gardiners Bay hasIsland Gardiners Island
Julia Gardiner Tyler placeOfBirth Gardiners Island
this entity surface form: Gardiners Island, New York