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Plum Island is an island in Lake Michigan in the southern part of the town of Washington in Door County, off the tip of the Door Peninsula in the U.S. state of Wisconsin.[1] The uninhabited island has a land area of 1.179 square kilometres (0.455 sq mi) or 117.87 hectares (291.3 acres). Carp Lake is located on the northwestern side. During years when Lake Michigan's water levels are high, it is a lagoon of Lake Michigan, but it gets cut off as a separate lake during low water years.[2]

Plum Island

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Geography
Location	Door County, Wisconsin
Coordinates	45°18′29″N 86°57′11″W
Area	0.455 sq mi (1.18 km2)
Highest elevation	610 ft (186 m)
Administration
United States
State	Wisconsin
County	Door County
Town	Washington Island

The island is a bird sanctuary under control of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and part of the Green Bay National Wildlife Refuge.[3] and is also open to the public for recreational purposes.[4] The island also holds the unmanned Plum Island Range Lights.

History

The border between Wisconsin and Michigan was originally defined as "the most usual ship channel" into Green Bay from Lake Michigan but commercial routes existed both to the north and south of the island which led to a border dispute. In 1936, the U.S. Supreme Court decision Wisconsin v. Michigan found that Plum and other nearby islands were part of Wisconsin.

Climate

Plum Island Climate chart (explanation) J F M A M J J A S O N D     66     −4 −9     60     −8 −10     62     0 −4     112     3 0     86     9 3     77     13 10     96     18 16     73     19 16     109     17 14     119     10 7     110     6 5     66     4 1 Average max. and min. temperatures in °C Precipitation totals in mm Source: [5] Imperial conversion J F M A M J J A S O N D     2.6     25 16     2.4     18 14     2.4     32 25     4.4     37 32     3.4     48 37     3     55 50     3.8     64 61     2.9     66 61     4.3     63 57     4.7     50 45     4.3     43 41     2.6     39 34 Average max. and min. temperatures in °F Precipitation totals in inches

View on the north side of the island

Nearby islands

References

• Plum Island: Block 2128, Block Group 2, Census Tract 9801, Door County, Wisconsin United States Census Bureau
• "Speaker will discuss Plum Island bird survey", Beaver Dam Daily Citizen, Friday, December 9, 2005

External links

• Plum Island Trail Map, USFWS (Archived September 5, 2021)
• Plum Island visit website, USFWS
• Plum Island, Web-Map of Door County, Wisconsin

На других языках

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- [en] Plum Island (Wisconsin)

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[fr] Plum Island

Plum Island est une île du lac Michigan, au large de la pointe de la péninsule de Door dans le comté de Door de l'État américain du Wisconsin. Elle est a proximité de Washington Island (en)

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