Sterling Island

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Sterling Island
Aerial image of an island.
USGS aerial imagery of Sterling Island
Sterling Island is located in Michigan
Sterling Island
Sterling Island
Geography
LocationSoutheast Michigan
Coordinates41°54′30″N 83°22′39″W / 41.90833°N 83.37750°W / 41.90833; -83.37750 (Sterling Island)[1]Coordinates: 41°54′30″N 83°22′39″W / 41.90833°N 83.37750°W / 41.90833; -83.37750 (Sterling Island)[1]
Adjacent bodies of waterRiver Raisin
Highest elevation571 ft (174 m)[1]
Administration
United States
State Michigan
CountyMonroe

Sterling Island is a man-made island[2] in River Raisin, near Lake Erie. It is in Monroe County, Michigan. Its coordinates are

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41°54′30″N 83°22′39″W / 41.90833°N 83.37750°W / 41.90833; -83.37750 (Sterling Island)[1], and the United States Geological Survey gave its elevation as 571 ft (174 m) in 1980.[1] It appears, and is labeled, on a 1927 USGS map of the area.[3]

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  1. ^ a b c d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sterling Island
  2. ^ "River Raisin Legacy Project Field Guide" (PDF). City of Monroe. 2016. p. 22. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  3. ^ United States Geological Survey; Smith, Glenn S. (1927). "Monroe Quadrangle, Michigan" (Map). United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey. 1:31680.
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