Fishers Island, New York

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Fishers Island, New York Munnawtawkit
Census-designated place
Fishers Island with the coast of Groton, Connecticut in the background.
Coordinates: 41°15′43″N 72°0′26″W / 41.26194°N 72.00722°W / 41.26194; -72.00722
Country	United States
State	New York
County	Suffolk
Town	Southold
Area [1]
• Total	4.97 sq mi (12.86 km2)
• Land	4.06 sq mi (10.50 km2)
• Water	0.91 sq mi (2.36 km2)
Elevation	16 ft (5 m)
Population  (2020)
• Total	424
• Density	104.54/sq mi (40.36/km2)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Code	06390 (originally 11943)
Area code	631
FIPS code	36-25923
GNIS feature ID	950166 (populated place) 950165 (island)

Fishers Island (Pequot: Munnawtawkit) is an island that is part of Southold, New York, United States at the eastern end of Long Island Sound, 2 miles (3 km) off the southeastern coast of Connecticut across Fishers Island Sound. About 9 miles (14 km) long and 1 mile (1.6 km) wide, it is about 11 miles (18 km) from the tip of Long Island at Orient Point, 2 miles (3 km) each from Napatree Point at the southwestern tip of Rhode Island and Groton Long Point in Connecticut, and about 7 miles (11 km) southeast of New London, Connecticut. It is accessible from New London by plane and regular ferry service.

The island is part of the town of Southold in Suffolk County. It is a census-designated place (CDP). As of the 2010 census, there were 236 people living year-round on 4.1 square miles (10.6 km²) of land.^[2] The population rises to about 2,000 during peak summer weekends, as throngs disembark on the island from Connecticut.