Montezuma Island

Coordinates: 38°04′28″N 121°50′23″W / 38.07444°N 121.83972°W / 38.07444; -121.83972 (Montezuma Island)[1]
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Montezuma Island
Aerial image of an island.
USGS aerial imagery of Montezuma Island
Montezuma Island is located in Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta
Montezuma Island
Montezuma Island
Montezuma Island is located in California
Montezuma Island
Montezuma Island
Montezuma Island is located in the United States
Montezuma Island
Montezuma Island
Geography
LocationNorthern California
Coordinates38°04′28″N 121°50′23″W / 38.07444°N 121.83972°W / 38.07444; -121.83972 (Montezuma Island)[1]
Adjacent toSacramento–San Joaquin River Delta
Highest elevation7 ft (2.1 m)[1]
Administration
United States
State California
CountySacramento
An aerial photo taken looking north in 2015. Montezuma Island can be seen on the right, east of Chain Island.

Montezuma Island is an island in

San Francisco Bay area made by Cadwalader Ringgold,[10] and shown (unlabeled) on an 1854 map of the area by Henry Lange.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Montezuma Island
  2. ^ California State Automobile Association (1999). San Francisco Bay Region (Map). 1:190,000. American Automobile Association.
  3. ^ "Twin Ships That Are Unlucky". The San Francisco Call. San Francisco, California. 1897-01-03. p. 9.
  4. ^ "To See Project: Members Of Reclamation Board To Inspect Proposed Way Of "Uncorking" River". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. 1923-06-19. p. 10.
  5. ^ "Alamedan Dies In Auto Plunge". Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California. 1927-06-23. p. 1.
  6. ^ "Packing Official Drives to Death Off Ferry Slip". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. 1927-06-24. p. 5.
  7. ^ "Cathering Scharstein Of Delta Island Is Dead". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. 1938-09-10. p. 17.
  8. ^ "Bride Critically Hurt In Gunshot Accident While Helping Husband". The Chico Enterprise. Chico, California. 1947-12-19. p. 2.
  9. ^ "Sacramento County, California Reclamation Districts" (PDF). Sacramento Local Agency Formation Commission. August 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 March 2021. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  10. ^ Ringgold, Cadwalader; Stuart, Fred D.; Everett, Chas.; Harrison (1850). "General Chart embracing Surveys of the Farallones Entrance to the Bay of San Francisco, Bays of San Francisco and San Pablo, Straits of Carquines and Suisun Bay, and the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, to the Cities of Sacramento and San Joaquin, California". David Rumsey Map Collection. San Francisco Common Council. Archived from the original on 7 July 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  11. ^ Lange, Henry (1854). "Bai San Francisco und Vereinigung des Sacramento mit dem San Joaquin". David Rumsey Map Collection. George Westermann. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2021.


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