Travers Island
| Travers Island | ||
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| Coordinates | 40 ° 53 '11 " N , 73 ° 47' 20" W | |
| Waters 1 | Atlantic Ocean | |
| length | 700 m | |
| width | 250 m | |
| surface | 20 ha | |
 New Rochelle Harbor Area with Travers Island on the left |
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Travers Island is a peninsula with an area of approximately 0.2 km² in Long Island Sound in the city of New Rochelle in Westchester County , New York . It is located between Neptune Island , Glen Island and the Hunter Island peninsula belonging to the Bronx .
The summer camp of the New York Athletic Club has been located on Travers Island since 1887 , and its stadium has provided and still offers optimal training opportunities for many athletes.
In 1892 Travers Island was still an island that belonged to the Pelham Islands and was connected to the mainland by a dam . Later, the terrain between the island and the mainland was raised, so that Travers Island became a peninsula.
Individual evidence
- ^ King's how to See New York: A Complete Trustworthy Guide Book Moses King Publishers, 1914, 133
- ↑ Approves New Ferry Line: Westchester Engineer Favors New Rochelle Long Iceland Service New York Times, June 12, 1930
- ↑ CARNIVAL IS HELD AT TRAVERS ISLAND; 1,500 Persons Attend Event of New York Athletic Club at Clubhouse on Sound , The New York Times , June 25, 1933
- ^ A b Owen Hackett: The Island Home of Athletics . In: Munsey's Magazine . Vol. VII, No. July 10 , 1892, p. 389-397 (English, historicpelham.blogspot.com ).
- ^ Arnd Krüger : American sport between isolationism and internationalism. Competitive sport. 18: 1, pp. 43-47 (1988) ; 2, pp. 47-50 . 17th December 2016