Long Island (Wisconsin)

{{short description|Island in Lake Superior, Wisconsin, United States}}

Long Island is an island in Lake Superior in Wisconsin, usually identified with the Apostle Islands. It is geologically different from the other islands, as it is just an extension of the spit off Chequamegon Point.[http://www.uwgb.edu/birds/shorebird/Sites/longisland.htm Wisconsin Shorebird Survey Contacts] The island is a part of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in the Town of Sanborn, in Ashland County, Wisconsin. It is {{convert|6.4|km|mi|0|abbr=off}} long and between {{convert|75|and|380|m|yd|abbr=off}} wide.[http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~chinwu/GLE401/web/Bruce/caseone.html Case Studies: Long Island, Apostle Islands, Wis. (Lake Superior) - A COMPARISON OF OCEANIC BARRIER SYSTEMS AND GREAT LAKES BARRIER SYSTEMS]

According to USGS GNIS, Wisconsin has five other islands with the same name.