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This category includes Islands of San Francisco Bay. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. A. Alcatraz Island (5 C, 27 P) T.
Southeast Farallon Islands (from nautical chart of 1957) A Fata Morgana mirage of the Farallon Islands, as viewed from San Francisco. The Farallon Islands (/ f æ r ə l ɔː n / FA-ra-lon), [2] or Farallones (from Spanish farallón 'pillar, sea cliff'), are a group of islands and sea stacks in the Gulf of the Farallones, off the coast of San Francisco, California, United States.
Yerba Buena Island (Spanish: Isla Yerba Buena) [2] sits in San Francisco Bay within the borders of the City and County of San Francisco. The Yerba Buena Tunnel runs through its center and connects the western and eastern spans of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge , linking the city with Oakland, California .
Selim E. Woodworth was the first owner and resident of Red Rock Island, where in the 19th century he built a cabin and maintained a hunting preserve. [7] [8] [9] The island also appeared, again labeled "Molate Island", on an 1850 survey map of the San Francisco Bay area made by Cadwalader Ringgold [10] and an 1854 map of the area by Henry Lange ...
The island hosts the San Francisco Bay’s largest nesting colony of Caspian terns. The terns are relatively recent arrivals, first recorded in the south bay in 1922 and nesting on Brooks Island since around 1980. They now occupy much of the man-made sandspit that stretches 2 miles (3.2 km) west from the north side of the island.
Islands of the greater San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California. See List of islands in California . For islands within San Francisco Bay itself, see Category: Islands of San Francisco Bay .
Islands that partially cover some of its current area, labelled "Warrington Island" and "Davis Island", are shown on an 1850 survey map of the San Francisco Bay area made by Cadwalader Ringgold [10] and an 1854 map of the area by Henry Lange. [11]
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