# Should this really count as an island? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 8, 2018, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-this-really-count-as-an-island/817501 "2018-07-08T00:24:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 52
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2018, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-this-really-count-as-an-island/817501/52 "2018-07-09T13:18:51Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#): > > I’m interested! Even though I am more sympathetic to their claim than the one in my OP. I’ll link to my 2016 post in “Any Disputed US State Borders?”: > [@Any Disputed US State Borders?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-disputed-us-state-borders/770437/39): > > Although no land boundaries were in dispute, there was a disagreement between states like Rhode Island and the Federal Government over who controlled the waters of Long Island and Block Island Sounds. [In 1985 the Supreme Court ruled in United States v. Maine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Maine) that Long Island was not a natural island and that Long Island Sound was therefore a juridical bay under Article 7(6). Thus the waters west of the line from Montauk Point to Watch Hill Point are internal state waters. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-this-really-count-as-an-island/817501)._