Nelson Island

Nelson Island may refer to:

  • Nelson Island (Alaska)
  • Nelson Island (Chagos Archipelago)
  • Nelson Island (South Shetland Islands)
  • Nelson Island, Trinidad and Tobago
  • Nelson Island (British Columbia)
  • Nelson's Island, an island in Abu Qir Bay, Egypt
  • Nelson Island (Talbot County, Maryland), an island of Maryland
  • Nelson Island (Montana), an island in the Missouri River

Famous quotes containing the words nelson and/or island:

    “The victors and the vanquished then the storm it tossed and tore,
    As hard they strove, those worn-out men, upon that surly shore;
    Dead Nelson and his half-dead crew, his foes from near and far,
    Were rolled together on the deep that night at Trafalgar!”
    —Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)

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