Corinthian Island
 Corinthian Island in June 2024 | |
  Location within San Francisco Bay Area  Location within California  Location within the United States | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Northern California |
| Coordinates | 37°52′22″N 122°27′32″W / 37.87278°N 122.45889°W[1] |
| Adjacent to | Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta |
| Highest elevation | 72 ft (21.9 m)[1] |
| Administration | |
United States | |
| State |  California |
| County | Marin |
Corinthian Island is a former island in the San Francisco Bay,[2][3][4] that was later attached to the mainland.[1] It is in Marin County, California, by the Tiburon Peninsula.[5][6] Its coordinates are 37°52′22″N 122°27′32″W / 37.87278°N 122.45889°W[1], and the United States Geological Survey gave its elevation as 72 ft (22 m) in 1981.[1] It appears on a 1950 USGS map of the area.[7]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Corinthian Island
- ↑ "White-Winged Sea Skippers Open Season Today: Corinthians and Aeolians to Try the Wind". The San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco, California. April 26, 1919. p. 11.
- ↑ "Belvedere Council Meeting Tonight". Daily Independent Journal. San Rafael, California. July 17, 1961. p. 2.
- ↑ "Belvedere Planners Will Meet Monday". Daily Independent Journal. San Rafael, California. September 20, 1961. p. 36.
- ↑ "Twenty owners form Belvedere launch club". The San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco, California. May 2, 1908. p. 15.
- ↑ "Corinthian Island is ideal home for the Bay yachtsmen". The San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco, California. May 1, 1909. p. 24.
- ↑ United States Geological Survey (1950). United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey (Map). 1:24000. San Francisco North Quadrangle, California.
Map: Islands of the San Francisco Bay Area | |
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(islands of Suisun Bay and the Sacramento–San Joaquin River delta) |
