Ernie Pyle Island
| Ernie Pyle Island | ||
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| Waters | Cagles Mill Lake | |
| Geographical location | 39 ° 26 '55 " N , 86 ° 51' 45" W | |
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| length | 190 m | |
| width | 150 m | |
| Residents | uninhabited | |
Ernie Pyle Island is a small island in Cagles Mill Lake , Indiana . It is located near the southeast end of the lake in Jackson Township , Owen County near Indiana State Road 42 Bridge. The uninhabited island measures approximately 150 by 190 meters.
Namesake Ernie Pyle was a war reporter and Pulitzer Prize winner from Indiana, who fell on the Japanese island of Iejima in 1945 .
Web links
Ernie Pyle Island on the United States Geological Survey's Geographic Names Information System