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Mare Island (Spanish: Isla de la Yegua) is a peninsula in the United States in the city of Vallejo, California, about 23 miles (37 km) northeast of San Francisco.The Napa River forms its eastern side as it enters the Carquinez Strait juncture with the east side of San Pablo Bay.
The Mare Island Naval Shipyard (MINSY or MINS) was the first United States Navy base established on the Pacific Ocean [4] and was in service 142 years from 1854 to 1996. [5] It is located on Mare Island , 23 miles (37 km) northeast of San Francisco , in Vallejo, California .
Mare (called Pottebackers by the Dutch) is a small volcanic island to the west of Halmahera island, Indonesia.Measuring 2 km by 3 km, the island covers a land area of 6.09 km 2, and is part of the volcanic arc chain of stratovolcanoes what lie off the west coast of Halmhera, from Hiri in the north to Makian in the south. [1]
The island is 42 km (26 mi) long and 16 to 33 km (10 to 20 miles) wide. It lies northeast of Grande Terre , New Caledonia's mainland. Like its neighbor to the north Lifou , Maré is a raised coral atoll , a former atoll that has been lifted about 120 meters.
Mare Island Light was built in 1873, deactivated in 1917, and demolished in the 1930s. [1] The lighthouse was designed by Paul J. Pelz, who also designed Mare Island's sister stations, Point Fermin Light in San Pedro CA, East Brother Island Light in Richmond, California, Point Hueneme Light in California (replaced in 1940), Hereford Inlet Light in North Wildwood, New Jersey, and Point Adams ...
St. Peter's Chapel, Mare Island (locally, St. Peter's Chapel) is an historic church building located on Walnut near Cedar Avenues, Vallejo, Solano County, California, in the historic core of the Mare Island Naval Shipyard.
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The Mare Island Strait is a channel at 1] in the San Pablo Bay separating Mare Island and the mainland in Vallejo, California in Solano County The strait was formerly used by the Mare Island Naval Shipyard until its closure in 1995.