Place:Gardiners Island, East Hampton (town), Suffolk, New York, United States

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NameGardiners Island
TypeIsland
Coordinates41.096667°N 72.104167°W
Located inEast Hampton (town), Suffolk, New York, United States
Also located inSuffolk, New York, United States    


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Gardiner's Island is a small island in the Town of East Hampton, New York, in Eastern Suffolk County. It is located in Gardiner's Bay between the two peninsulas at the east end of Long Island. It is long, wide and has of coastline.

The island has been owned by the Gardiner family and their descendants since 1639 when Lion Gardiner purchased it from the Montaukett chief Wyandanch. At it is one of the largest privately owned islands in the United States, and is slightly smaller than Naushon Island in Massachusetts, owned by the Forbes family.

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