Metompkin Island
Island off the coast of Virginia
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Metompkin Island (sometimes pluralized, Metompkin Islands, and sometimes Metomkin)[1] is a barrier island off the east coast of Virginia in the United States. It is located in Accomack County. Metompkin Island is highly-migratory, meaning that it is moving over time due to erosion and deposition effects.[1] Because of this movement, the island has at times been one landmass[2] and at others two larger islands with numerous small islets surrounding them.[3]
A proposed United States Navy seaplane tender, USS Metomkin (AVP-47), was to have been named for Metomkin Island, but the ship was cancelled in 1943 before construction could begin.[4] However, a U.S. Navy cargo ship, USS Metomkin (AG-136), in commission from 1947 to 1951, did carry the island's name.
