Wood Island (Marin County)
![]() USGS aerial imagery of Wood Island | |
![]() ![]() Wood Island | |
Geography | |
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Location | Northern California |
Coordinates | 37°56′37″N 122°30′42″W / 37.94361°N 122.51167°W[1]Coordinates: 37°56′37″N 122°30′42″W / 37.94361°N 122.51167°W[1] |
Adjacent bodies of water | Corte Madera Creek |
Highest elevation | 13 ft (4 m)[1] |
Administration | |
United States | |
State | ![]() |
County | Marin |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Wood_Island%2C_USGS_map_CA_San_Rafael_300201_1954_24000.png/220px-Wood_Island%2C_USGS_map_CA_San_Rafael_300201_1954_24000.png)
Little Island as it appears on a 1954 USGS topographic map.
Wood Island is a former island in Marin County, California, formerly in the Corte Madera Creek (upstream of San Francisco Bay) but now surrounded by land. Its coordinates are 37°56′37″N 122°30′42″W / 37.94361°N 122.51167°W[1], and the United States Geological Survey measured its elevation as 13 ft (4.0 m) in 1981.[1] It appears in a 1954 USGS map of the region.[2] In the 1960s, its principal owner was Spero Spiliotis.[3] In 1969, the city of Larkspur passed a resolution of intent to annex the island,[4] and in the 1970s, a ferry terminal had been proposed.[5]
References[]
- ^ a b c d U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wood Island
- ^ United States Geological Survey (1954). "San Rafael Quadrangle, California" (Map). United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey. 1:24000.
- ^ "Wood Island Area Value Is $88,375". Daily Independent Journal. San Rafael, California. 1967-06-23. p. 5.
- ^ "The Larkspur City Council Also". Daily Independent Journal. San Rafael, California. 1969-06-19. p. 18.
- ^ "Larkspur Argues Planning Report". Daily Independent Journal. San Rafael, California. 1972-03-22. p. 37.
Categories:
- Islands of Marin County, California
- Islands of Northern California
- San Francisco Bay
- Islands of San Francisco Bay
- Marin County, California geography stubs