Turtle Island
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Turtle Island may refer to:
- A Native American term for the North American continent
- Another name for Nanuya Levu, a privately owned island of the Yasawa Group in Fiji
- Another name for Vatoa, in the Lau Group in Fiji
- Turtle Island, the 1974 book of poetry by Gary Snyder, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry ISBN 0811205460
- Turtle Island: Tales of the Algonquian Nations, a 1999 children's book by Jane Louise Curry ISBN 0689822332
- Turtle Island: A Journey to Britain's Oddest Colony, a 2003 historical travelogue about Ascension Island by Sergio Ghione ISBN 0312310951
- Another name for Tortuga, an island in Haiti (Spanish Isla Tortuga, French ''Île de la Tortue)
- Another name for Pulau Penyu, a small island off the east coast of Sabah in Malaysian Borneo
- Turtle Island (Alaska), a small member of the Maurelle Islands at , west of Prince of Wales Island
- Turtle Island (Alaska), a small island in the Yukon River at , between Anvik and Holy Cross, Alaska
- Turtle Island (Iowa), in Des Moines County, now the northern tip of Otter Island in the Mississippi River at , northeast of Burlington, Iowa
- Turtle Island (Illinois), a small island in Pike County, Illinois on the Mississippi River at , north of Hannibal, Missouri
- Turtle Island (Lake Erie), near Toledo, Ohio
- Turtle Island (Massachusetts), a small island in the town of Cohasset, Norfolk County, on the Bound Brook at
- Turtle Island (Maine) is the name of three small islands in Maine:
- * In the Androscoggin River in the town of Leeds, Androscoggin County at
- * In Echo Lake in the town of Fayette, Kennebec County, at
- * In Thompson Lake in the town of Otisfield, Oxford County, at
- Turtle Island (Minnesota), a small island in western Vermilion Lake in Beatty Township, St. Louis County, within the Kabetogama State Forest at
- Turtle Island (New Hampshire), a small island in Lake Wentworth in the town of Wolfeboro, Caroll County, near the Governor Wentworth Historic Site at
- Turtle Island (New Jersey), a small island in the mouth of the Mullica River just before it opens into the Great Bay. It is near the Mystic Island, community in Little Egg Harbor Township, Ocean County at
- Turtle Island (New York) is the name of two small islands in New York:
- * In Eagle Lake, in the town of Ticonderoga, Essex County at
- * In Lake George on the east side of the First Point of the Tongue Mountain Range in the town of Bolton, Warren County at
- Turtle Island (South Carolina) is an island in Jasper County in a marshy delta complex near the mouths of the New] Wright and Savannah rivers at
- Turtle Island (Queensland) is an island to the East of Cape York Peninsula, Australia
Based on a Native American term for the North American continent, Turtle Island is also used in the following forms:
- Turtle Island String Quartet
- Turtle Island Publishing [link]
- Turtle Island Creations [link]
- Turtle Island Native Network, a Native American organization [link]
- Turtle Island Foods, makers of the Tofurky brand of soy products [link]
- Turtle Island Preserve, an environmental education camp in North Carolina [link]
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