Nomanisan

Nomanisan can refer to four islands—one real (but now a peninsula), three fictional. All four islands were named as intentional puns on the famous quote by John Donne, "No man is an Iland, intire of it selfe." [sic]

• The "original" Nomanisan was an island in Lake Kittamaqundi in downtown Columbia, Maryland, located along the Town Center lakefront. The island was named by Columbia resident Alan Levine in a 1980 contest held by the Columbia Association.^[1][2] The island was connected to the shore of the lake in 2011, creating a peninsula.^[3]
• Nomanisan is a fictional island in the 2004 Pixar film The Incredibles.
• It is also a fictional island in Mathnet's Trial of George Frankly.
• A slight variation, Nomansan, is used for an island in Trenton Lee Stewart's novel The Mysterious Benedict Society.

References

1. Tepe, Heather (26 May 1999). "Lake Kittamaqundi is the in place in Columbia on a day in spring". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
2. Columbia Archives. "Columbia Lakefront Walking Tour" (PDF). Columbia Association. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
3. Broadwater, Jennifer (8 April 2010). "The Dredge Report". Columbia Flier. Retrieved 17 October 2013.