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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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
foundedAsManor 17th century
governedAs private estate
grantedBy King Charles I of England
hasAlternativeName Gardiner Island
Gardiner’s Island
linked to: Gardiners Island
hasConservationValue relatively undisturbed coastal ecosystem
hasContinuousFamilyOwnershipSince 17th century
hasEcosystemType beaches and dunes
maritime forest
salt marshes
hasHereditaryName Lord of the Manor of Gardiners Island
hasHistoricUse farming
fishing
hunting
livestock grazing
hasLegalStatus private property
hasNearbyIsland Fisher’s Island
linked to: Fishers Island

Plum Island
hasNearbyLandmark Montauk Point
hasNearbyWaterBody Atlantic Ocean
Block Island Sound
hasWildlife osprey
seabird nesting areas
shorebirds
white-tailed deer
historicalEra Colonial America
length approximately 6 miles
locatedIn New York
Town of East Hampton
linked to: East Hampton
locatedInBodyOfWater Gardiners Bay
locatedInRegion East End of Long Island
Suffolk County, New York
locatedOff eastern tip of Long Island
namedAfter Lion Gardiner
notableFor colonial history
long-standing family ownership
natural history
originalGrantTo Lion Gardiner
ownedBy Gardiner family descendants
Goelet family
partOf State of New York
linked to: New York State
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, New York
linked to: Gardiners Island
Gardiners Island hasAlternativeName Gardiner’s Island
linked to: Gardiners Island
Springs hasNearbyIsland Gardiners Island
subject linked to: Springs community