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Lake Ronkonkoma is a freshwater lake in Suffolk County, New York. It is a kettle lake formed by retreating glaciers and is the largest freshwater lake on Long Island; it has a circumference of about 2 miles (3.2 km) and is 0.65 miles (1.05 km) across on average. [1] The lake is owned by the Town of Islip under the terms of the Nichols Patent.
Lake Ronkonkoma is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Suffolk County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 18,619 at the time of the 2020 census. [2] Lake Ronkonkoma is mainly located in the Town of Brookhaven, but has small sections in the Town of Smithtown and the Town of Islip.
Ronkonkoma (/ r ɒ n ˈ k ɒ ŋ k ə m ə / ron-KONG-kə-mə) is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) mostly in the Town of Islip, with a small eastern portion in the Town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County, New York, United States.
East of the lake, the two moraines may be seen, but west of Lake Success the Harbor Hill moraine overrode and effaced the Ronkonkoma moraine. [4] South of the moraines is a broad outwash plain sloping towards the Atlantic Ocean , much of which has been submerged as ocean levels rose in the post-glacial period.
Ronkonkoma may refer to the following places in Long Island, New York, U.S.: Ronkonkoma, New York, a hamlet and census-designated place; Ronkonkoma Branch, a rail service operated by the Long Island Rail Road; Ronkonkoma station, a railroad station; Lake Ronkonkoma (lake), a freshwater lake in Suffolk County
The Ronkonkoma Moraine, a terminal moraine, predates the Harbor Hill Moraine (which reached Long Island during the Wisconsin Glacial Episode); the Harbor Hill Moraine cut through the Ronkonkoma Moraine's western portions. [2] The Ronkonkoma Moraine and the Harbor Hill Moraine intersect at Lake Success in western Nassau County. [2]
Water Island is a hamlet in Suffolk County, New York, on Fire Island [1] in the Town of Brookhaven.. Water Island is a small, extremely private Fire Island beach community of about 50 houses on modest plots of Fire Island real estate.
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