FIREISLAND
Fire Island
Fire Island is the large center island of the outer barrier islands parallel to the south shore of Long Island, New York. Occasionally, the name is used to refer collectively to not only the central island, but also Long Beach Barrier Island, Jones Beach Island, and Westhampton Island, since the straits which separate these islands are ephemeral. In fact, in 2012, Hurricane Sandy once again divided Fire Island into two islands. Together, these two islands are approximately long and vary between wide. Fire Island is part of Suffolk County. It lies within the towns of Babylon, Islip, and Brookhaven, containing two villages and a number of hamlets. All parts of the ...The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Fire Island
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