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Cat Island
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Cat Island in 2016
Geography
Location Cat Bay
Administration
United States
State Louisiana
Demographics
Population Uninhabitated

Cat Island was a Marshy Eroding Island in Cat Bay, Louisiana. It was a nesting ground of pelicans and other birds.

The island started to show signs of erosion in the 1990s. During the BP oil spill, the island was heavily affected and the plants that once kept the island from erosion disappeared.

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Cat Island in 1998
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