Monkey Island

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Monkey Island may refer to the following:

[edit] Places

• Monkey Island, North Carolina - a remote, natural island located in Currituck Sound, North Carolina. The island was once the site of the Monkey Island Hunting Club, which remains standing today. Approximately half of the island is forested and has long supported a large colony of wading birds.[1]
• Monkey Island, an island in the Grand Lake o' the Cherokees in northeast Oklahoma. Primarily a resort area, there are no wild monkeys living there.
• Monkey Island, an island located in the woodland area of Coltness, Wishaw.
• Monkey Island, Yokosuka, Japan. A historic island fort. Monkey Island is the English translation of Sarushima (猿島), most commonly used by American sailors stationed at Yokosuka Naval base.
• Monkey Island, Bray, an island in the River Thames.
• Monkey Island, Cayo Santiago, Puerto Rico; also a name sometimes used for Mona Island, Puerto Rico.
• Monkey Island, an island in Peru

[edit] Zoo enclosures

• Monkey Island, a division of the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo in Cleveland Ohio, where monkeys were kept outside with no cages or walls, on an island created by Daniella.
• Monkey Island, an area that used to be in the San Francisco Zoo, where monkeys were kept outside with no cages or walls on an island. It's demolition was started by Live 105 radio stuntman Chuck Farnham. In true San Francisco style, he was naked with a sledge hammer.

[edit] Other

• "Monkey Island", a nautical term for a ship's upper bridge; see brass monkey.
• Monkey Island series, a series of computer adventure games.
  • The Secret of Monkey Island, the original.
  • Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge, the second part.
  • The Curse of Monkey Island, the third part.
  • Escape from Monkey Island, the fourth part.
  • Monkey Island (island), the titular island of the Monkey Island game series.