Shelter Island

Summary

Shelter Island is a census-designated place in the United States^[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of census_designated_place_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Shelter Island is located in Suffolk County^[3].
• Shelter Island is in the country of United States^[4].
• Shelter Island's image is recorded as Shelter island marker.jpg^[5].
• Shelter Island's instance of is recorded as census-designated place in the United States^[6].
• Shelter Island's instance of is recorded as unincorporated community^[7].
• Shelter Island's locator map image is recorded as Shelter-island-cdp-map.gif^[8].
• Shelter Island's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 175794^[9].
• Shelter Island's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 965036^[10].
• Shelter Island's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 2390288^[11].
• Shelter Island's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 41.0622, 'lon': -72.3281}^[12].
• Shelter Island's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01mgdk^[13].
• Shelter Island's FIPS 55-3 is recorded as 36-66828^[14].
• Shelter Island's population is recorded as {'amount': '+1333'}^[15].
• Shelter Island's population is recorded as {'amount': '+1602'}^[16].
• Shelter Island's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Shelter Island'}^[17].
• Shelter Island's number of households is recorded as {'amount': '+848'}^[18].
• Shelter Island's GeoNames ID is recorded as 5137894^[19].
• Shelter Island's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+16'}^[20].
• Shelter Island's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+17.33106'}^[21].
• Shelter Island's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+17.330918'}^[22].
• Shelter Island's water as percent of area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11229', 'amount': '+2.1249'}^[23].
• Shelter Island's Who's on First ID is recorded as 85979923^[24].
• Shelter Island's per capita income is recorded as {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+49320'}^[25].

Body

Geography

Shelter Island is in the country of United States^[4]. It is located in Suffolk County^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+17.33106'}^[21] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+17.330918'}^[22]. Shelter Island's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+16'}^[20]. Population counts include {'amount': '+1333'}^[15] and {'amount': '+1602'}^[16].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include census-designated place in the United States^[6] and unincorporated community^[7].

Why It Matters

Shelter Island ranks in the top 3% of census_designated_place_in_the_united_states entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[26]