Goat Island
Goat Island is a small island in the Niagara River, in the middle of Niagara Falls between the Bridal Veil Falls and the Horseshoe Falls. The island is at the southwest corner of the City of Niagara Falls, New York, in the United States and is part of Niagara Falls State Park.Photo: Maveric149, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Notable Places in the Area
American Falls
Cliff
Photo: AdMeskens, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The American Falls is the second largest of the three waterfalls that together are known as Niagara Falls on the Niagara River along the Canada–United States border.
Bridal Veil Falls
Waterfall
Bridal Veil Falls is the smallest of the three waterfalls that make up Niagara Falls.
Luna Island
Islet
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Luna Island is a very small uninhabited island in the Niagara River in the U.S. state of New York.
Localities in the Area
Three Sisters Islands
Locality
Photo: Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0.
43°04′41″N 79°03′58″W / 43.078081°N 79.066039°W Three Sisters Islands, viewed from Goat Island, in the Niagara River at Niagara Falls, New YorkThe Three Sisters Islands are islands which lie off the south shoreline of Goat Island.
Niagara Falls
Photo: AdMeskens, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Niagara Falls is in the Niagara Frontier region of New York state.
Chippawa
Suburb
Chippawa is a community located within the city of Niagara Falls, Ontario. Chippawa is situated 3 km southeast of Goat Island.
Goat Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: small island in the Niagara River, in Niagara County, New York State, USA
- Categories: river island, tourism, locality and landform
- Location: Niagara County, Niagara Frontier, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
43.08118° or 43° 4' 52" northLongitude
-79.06773° or 79° 4' 4" westElevation
170 metres (558 feet)Open Location Code
87M23WJJ+FWOpenStreetMap ID
way 3743454OpenStreetMap Feature
place=isletOpenStreetMap Feature
tourism=yesGeoNames ID
5118747Wikidata ID
Q1144525Goat Island Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Basque: Ahuntzen uhartea
- Cebuano: Goat Island
- Chinese: 山羊岛
- Chinese: 山羊島
- Czech: Goat Island
- Dutch: Goat Island
- English: Iris Island
- Esperanto: Kaprinsulo
- Estonian: Kitsesaar
- French: Goat Island
- Hungarian: Kecske-sziget
- Japanese: ゴート島
- Korean: 고트섬
- Persian: جزیره بز
- Persian: جزیرهٔ بز
- Polish: Goat Island
- Polish: Wyspa Kozia
- Russian: Козий остров
- Slovenian: Goat Island
- Slovenian: Iris Island
- Spanish: Goat Island
- Spanish: Isla de la Cabra
- Swahili: Goat Island
- Swahili: Kisiwa Mbuzi
- Welsh: Ynys Gafr, Talaith Efrog Newydd
- Welsh: Ynys Gafr
Other Places Named Goat Island
Localities in the Area
- Niagara Falls
- Little ItalyNeighbourhood, 3 km northeast
- Pletchers CornersHamlet, 7 km northeast
- La SalleHamlet, 8 km east
- St. DavidsVillage, 9 km north
Landmarks in the Area
- American Falls Pedestrian BridgeBridge
- Green IslandIslet
- Bird IslandIslet
- Park manager's officeGovernment office
- Cave of the Winds
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Goat Island. Photo: Maveric149, CC BY-SA 2.5.