High Island

High Island may refer to:

  • High Island, Texas, USA, a community
  • High Island (Michigan), USA
  • High Island (New York), USA
  • High Island, Hong Kong (Leung Shuen Wan, 糧船灣洲), Sai Kung District, New Territories
  • High Island (Queensland), Australia
  • High Island (Maryland), an island in Maryland, USA
  • High Island (Rhode River), an island in Maryland, USA
  • High Island in Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia
  • High Island, one of the Thimble Islands in Connecticut, USA
  • Ardoileán or High Island, Ireland
  • East Wallabi Island, usually referred to as "High Island" in the context of the Batavia shipwreck

Famous quotes containing the words high and/or island:

    “The high sentiments always win in the end, the leaders who offer blood, toil, tears and sweat always get more out of their followers than those who offer safety and a good time. When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.”
    —George Orwell (1903–1950)

    “He is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature.”
    —George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)