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M. L. FULLER — GEOLOGY OF FISHERS ISLAND 



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Correlation with the drifts of Pennsylvania, Mississippi valley, and Canada. 387 



Correlation table 389 



Distribution of pre-Wisconsin formations represented on Fishers island. . 390 



Location and General Relations 



Fishers island, although belonging to New York state, is situated off 

 the coast of the eastern portion of Connecticut, the western end being 7 

 miles southeast of New London and the east extremity within 2 miles 

 of Napatree point, at the extreme southwest corner of Rhode Island 

 (figure 1). 



The island is a little less than 7 miles in length and has an average 

 width of somewhat over half a mile, although near Clay point and west 



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Figure 1. — Index Map of Fishers Island. 

 Showing its location and relation to the principal moraines of the Wisconsin stage. 



of West harbor its width is upward of a mile (figure 2). It lies in the 

 prolongation of the structural axis of Orient point, Long island, which 

 axis, after passing through Plum and Fishers islands, is recognized along 

 the ridge extending eastward from Watch hill, Rhode Island. Its posi- 





