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Block Island Sound is a strait in the open Atlantic , approximately ten miles wide, separating Block Island from the coast of Rhode Island in the United States . Geographically, it is the eastward extension of Long Island Sound , as well as the westward extension of Rhode Island Sound . BLOCK ISLAND SOUND IN POP CULTURE Block Island Sound is mentioned in singer Billy Joel's song ''Downeaster 'Alexa''', about the plight of Fishermen off Long Island, New York . |