Long Island is located on the Atlantic coast of Labrador.
When the people of Long Island refer to themselves (known as a demonym), they frequently use Long Islander<1>
A typical abbreviation for Long Island: Long Is. (in Canada, 'Isld.' is the more common abbreviation.)
Time Zone: Long Island lies in the Atlantic Time Zone (AST/ADT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: AST- Heure Normale de l'Atlantique (HNA), ADT- Heure Avancée de l'Atlantique (HAA).
Note: If you travel south from Long Island (for example, toward Saint Lewis), you will soon leave Atlantic Time and cross into the Newfoundland Time Zone (NST/NDT).
Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 13 communities that are also named Long Island - they are located in Alabama, Alaska (2), Kansas, Maine (2), Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Tennessee and Virginia.
Looking for more information about Long Island? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.
While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Long Island, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Long Island.
Footnotes ...
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A demonym is the name for a resident of a community which is usually derived from (or is related to) the name of that community. In other words, it's how the residents of Long Island refer to themselves. It's important to note that there aren't any rules for taking a community's name and turning it into a demonym. A demonym is informal and while the majority of Long Island may use one name, keep in mind that others may use something different.
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When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 709 code has been Overlayed with the 879 area code. New phone numbers in the Long Island area will be assigned with one of these codes: 709 or 879. As a result, placing a call in the Long Island area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
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