Chipps Island

Chipps Island
	Chipps Island from the south, in an aerial photo from 2015
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Geography
Location	Northern California
Coordinates	38°03′19″N 121°54′43″W / 38.05528°N 121.91194°WCoordinates: 38°03′19″N 121°54′43″W / 38.05528°N 121.91194°W
Adjacent bodies of water	Suisun Bay
Administration
	United States
State	California
County	Solano

United States Geological Survey aerial photo of Chipps Island.

Chipps Island is a small island in Suisun Bay, California.^[2]^[3] It is part of Solano County. It is also known as Knox Island,^[1] Its coordinates are

38°03′19″N 121°54′43″W / 38.05528°N 121.91194°W^[1] by which name it appears on an 1850 survey map of the San Francisco Bay area made by Cadwalader Ringgold,^[4] as well as an 1854 map of the area by Henry Lange.^[5]

A photo of Chipps Island taken in March 2021 from Bay Point. Van Sickle Island can be seen to the north.

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Chipps Island
^ California State Automobile Association (1999). San Francisco Bay Region (Map). 1:190,000. American Automobile Association.
^ "State Resets Suisun Bay Oil-Gas Bidding Date". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. 1967-11-08. p. 39.
^ 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.
^ 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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[gnis-1] U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Chipps Island

[aaa99-2] California State Automobile Association (1999). San Francisco Bay Region (Map). 1:190,000. American Automobile Association.

[scrounge00091-3] "State Resets Suisun Bay Oil-Gas Bidding Date". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. 1967-11-08. p. 39.

[survey1850-4] 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.

[map1854-5] 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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Geography
Chipps Island from the south, in an aerial photo from 2015
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Location	Northern California
Coordinates	38°03′19″N 121°54′43″W / 38.05528°N 121.91194°W / 38.05528; -121.91194 (Chipps Island)^[1]Coordinates: 38°03′19″N 121°54′43″W / 38.05528°N 121.91194°W / 38.05528; -121.91194 (Chipps Island)^[1]
Adjacent bodies of water	Suisun Bay
Administration
United States
State	California
County	Solano