Potomac RiverUnited States
38°54′N 77°05′W
Three Sisters
Three Sisters Islands
The Three Sisters are three rocky islands in the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., west of the Key Bridge. A notable landmark in colonial times, the islets are less well known as the Three Sisters Islands and Three Sisters Island.
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The Three Sisters are three rocky islands in the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., west of the Key Bridge. A notable landmark in colonial times, the islets are less well known as the Three Sisters Islands and Three Sisters Island. Bridges have been proposed for the Three Sisters several times, most recently in the 1960s, when the Three Sisters Bridge proposal led to a decade of protests and ultimately, its cancellation.
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Census, cataloged
- Major islands0
- Minor islands0
- Islets0
- Rocks & skerries4
Rocks & skerries
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
- Unnamed island<0.1 ha
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To the same scale
Islands by area
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
| Unnamed island | <0.1 ha |
Photographs
Three Sisters islets in summer, on the Potomac River west of Georgetown, Washington DC USA. on August 14, 2005.
Three Sisters islets on the Potomac River west of Georgetown, Washington DC USA. on June 12, 2004. Spires of Georgetown University are in the background.
Three Sisters islets in winter, on the Potomac River west of Georgetown, Washington DC USA. on January 1, 2011.
George Washington Memorial Parkway near Rosslyn, Virginia, in the United States. The Potomac River is at the right. The Three Sisters, rocky islets in the Potomac River, can also be seen.
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Photographs
- 2005-08-14 02 Three Sisters (District of Columbia) – Washington DC USA. Gordon Leggett / CC BY 4.0
- 2004-06-12 01 Three Sisters on the Potomac, west of Georgetown, Washington DC USA. Gordon Leggett / CC BY 4.0
- The Three Sisters islets, DC. WorldsIslandInfo / CC BY 2.0
- 2011-01-01 03 Three Sisters (District of Columbia) – Washington DC USA. Gordon Leggett / CC BY 4.0
- George Washington Parkway 04 2012 1403. Mariordo (Mario Roberto Duran Ortiz) / CC BY-SA 3.0