Despair Island

Despair Island: Despair Island is a small island in Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island.

Despair is located in between Hope Island (Rhode Island) and Prudence Island. The island is composed of many outcroppings of rocks used extensively by nesting birds. such as gulls and terns.

History

A popular colonial children's song about the islands of Narragansett Bay named by the theologian Roger Williams said "Prudence, Patience, Hope and Despair and little Hog Island, right over there."

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Islands of Narragansett Bay

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Islands
Aquidneck Island · Conanicut Island · Prudence Island · Patience Island · Hog Island · Dutch Island · Coaster's Harbor Island · Cornelius Island · Despair Island · Dyer Island · Fox Island · Goat Island · Gould Island · Greene Island · Hope Island · Lime Rock · Rabbit Island · Rock Island · Rose Island · Starvegoat Island · Whale Rock

Major rivers
Blackstone River · Pawtuxet River · Providence River · Taunton River · Sakonnet River · Seekonk River

Cities & towns
Providence · Newport · Cranston · Warwick · East Providence · Barrington · Bristol · East Greenwich · Jamestown · Middletown · Narragansett · North Kingstown . Portsmouth · Warren

Bridges
Newport Bridge · Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge · Mount Hope Bridge · Sakonnet River Bridge · Jamestown Bridge

Coordinates: 41°36′28″N 71°21′41″W / 41.60778°N 71.36139°W / 41.60778; -71.36139

Categories:
Islands of Rhode Island
Landforms of Newport County, Rhode Island
Nature reserves in the United States
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