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Location | Northern California |
Coordinates | 37°59′21″N 121°24′22″W / 37.98917°N 121.40611°W / 37.98917; -121.40611 (Vulcan Island)[1] |
Adjacent to | Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta |
Area | 20 acres (8.1 ha)[2][3][4][5][6] |
Highest elevation | 7 ft (2.1 m)[1] |
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State | California |
County | San Joaquin |
Vulcan Island (also known as Shipyard Island)[1] is a small island in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta.[7][8][9][10][11] It is part of San Joaquin County, California.[12][13][14][15][16] Its coordinates are 37°59′21″N 121°24′22″W / 37.98917°N 121.40611°W / 37.98917; -121.40611 (Vulcan Island)[1], and the United States Geological Survey measured its elevation as 7 ft (2.1 m) in 1981.[1] It appears on a 1952 USGS map of the area.[17]
Map: Islands of Suisun Bay and the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta | |
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