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Alcatraz Island

Alcatraz Island is a small island about 1.25 miles offshore from in , , near the . The island was developed in the mid-19th century with facilities for a , a military fortification, and a military prison.
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  • Type: Islet
  • Description: island in San Francisco, California, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Alcatraces Island”, “Alcatraz”, “Alcatrazes Island”, “Bird Island”, “Isla De Alcatraces”, “Isla De Los Alcatraces”, “Isle of Alcatraces”, “Los Alcatrasses”, “Pelican Island”, “The Rock”, “White Island”, and “Yerba Buena”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Alcatraz Island Lighthouse and Warden’s House.

Lighthouse
Photo: Drittich, CC BY 2.5.
is a lighthouse—the first one built on the U.S. —located on Alcatraz Island in 's . It is located at the southern end of the island near the entrance to the prison.

Ruins
Photo: CLI, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Warden's House was the home of the wardens of the federal penitentiary on Alcatraz Island, off . It is located at the southeastern end of the Main Cellblock, next to Alcatraz Lighthouse.

Ruins
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , also known as the Officers' Club, was a social club located on the northwestern side of the island of Alcatraz, off the coast of , USA.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fisherman’s Wharf and Marina District.

Photo: Miskatonic, CC BY-SA 3.0.
's most popular destination among travelers, Fisherman's Wharf is the tourist center of the city. Its historic waterfront, once the hub of the city's fishing fleet, is still famous for the depth and variety of its harvest and for having some of the best seafood restaurants in the city, with scenic vistas over San Francisco Bay and Alcatraz Island.

Quarter
Photo: Lana, CC BY 2.0.
The is a neighborhood located in , . The neighborhood sits on the site of the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition, staged after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake to celebrate the reemergence of the city. is situated 2 miles southwest of Alcatraz Island.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood of , . It is named after one of San Francisco's 44 hills, and one of its original "Seven Hills". is situated 2 miles south of Alcatraz Island.

Alcatraz Island

Latitude
37.82673° or 37° 49′ 36″ north
Longitude
-122.423° or 122° 25′ 23″ west
Elevation
121 feet (37 metres)
Open location code
849VRHGG+MQ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 295140461
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­common
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
5322901
Wiki­data ID
Q131354
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Alcatraz Island” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Alcatraz-eiland”
  • Afrikaans: “Alcatraz”
  • Albanian: “Alcatraz”
  • Albanian: “Alkatrazi”
  • Albanian: “Ishulli Alkatraz”
  • Arabic: “الكتراز”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة ألكتراز”
  • Arabic: “سجن ألكتراز”
  • Arabic: “سجن الكاتراز”
  • Armenian: “Ալկատրաս”
  • Azerbaijani: “Alkatraz adası”
  • Azerbaijani: “Alkatraz”
  • Basque: “Alcatraz”
  • Basque: “Alcatrazeko kartzela”
  • Bavarian: “Alcatraz”
  • Belarusian: “Алькатрас”
  • Bengali: “অ্যালকাট্র্যাজ দ্বীপ”
  • Bengali: “আলকাটরাজ দ্বীপ”
  • Bosnian: “Alcatraz”
  • Bosnian: “Ostrvo Alcatraz”
  • Bosnian: “Otok Alcatraz”
  • Bulgarian: “Алкатрас”
  • Bulgarian: “Остров Алкатрас”
  • Catalan: “Illa d’Alcatraz”
  • Catalan: “Presó d’Alcatraz”
  • Cebuano: “Alcatraz Island”
  • Central Bikol: “Isla nin Alcatraz”
  • Chinese: “恶魔岛”
  • Chinese: “惡魔島”
  • Chinese: “監獄島”
  • Chinese: “艾卡崔茲島”
  • Chinese: “阿卡特茲島”
  • Chinese: “阿卡翠斯島”
  • Chinese: “阿尔卡特拉斯岛”
  • Chinese: “阿爾卡特拉斯島”
  • Croatian: “Alcatraz”
  • Czech: “Alcatraz”
  • Czech: “Alkatraz”
  • Danish: “Alcatraz”
  • Dutch: “Alcatraz”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جزيره الكتراز”
  • Esperanto: “Alcatraz”
  • Finnish: “Alcatraz”
  • French: “Alcatraz Island”
  • French: “Alcatraz”
  • French: “île d’Alcatraz”
  • French: “Île d’Alcatraz”
  • French: “Prison d’Alcatraz”
  • German: “Alcatraz”
  • German: “Alkatraz”
  • Greek: “Αλκατράζ”
  • Hebrew: “אלקטרז”
  • Hebrew: “כלא אלקטרז”
  • Hungarian: “Alcatraz-sziget”
  • Hungarian: “Alcatraz, A szikla”
  • Icelandic: “Alcatraz eyja”
  • Icelandic: “Alcatraz”
  • Icelandic: “Alkatras”
  • Icelandic: “Alkatraseyja”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Alcatraz”
  • Irish: “Oileán Alcatraz”
  • Italian: “Alcatraz”
  • Japanese: “アルカトラズ”
  • Japanese: “アルカトラズ刑務所”
  • Japanese: “アルカトラズ島”
  • Japanese: “アルカトラズ連邦刑務所”
  • Javanese: “Kunjara Alcatraz”
  • Javanese: “Pakunjaran Alcatraz”
  • Javanese: “Pulo Alcatraz”
  • Kazakh: “Алькатрас аралы”
  • Korean: “알카트라즈섬”
  • Korean: “앨커트래즈 섬”
  • Korean: “앨커트래즈섬”
  • Latvian: “Alkatrasa”
  • Lithuanian: “Alkatraso kalėjimas”
  • Lithuanian: “Alkatrazas”
  • Lithuanian: “Alkatrazo kalejimas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Alcatraz”
  • Macedonian: “Алкатраз”
  • Malay: “Pulau Alcatraz”
  • Northern Luri: “میناڤە آلکاتراز”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Alcatraz”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Alcatraz”
  • Norwegian: “Alcatraz”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Alcatraz”
  • Panjabi: “ਅਲਕਾਤਰਾਜ਼ ਟਾਪੂ”
  • Persian: “جزیره آلکاتراز”
  • Persian: “جزیرهٔ آلکاتراز”
  • Persian: “جزیره الکاتراز”
  • Persian: “جزیرهٔ الکاتراز”
  • Persian: “زندان آلکاتراز”
  • Persian: “زندان آلکاتراس”
  • Persian: “زندان الکاتراز”
  • Persian: “زندان الکاتراس”
  • Polish: “Alcatras”
  • Polish: “Alcatraz Island”
  • Polish: “Alcatraz”
  • Polish: “Alkatras”
  • Portuguese: “Alcatraz”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha de Alcatraz”
  • Romanian: “Alcatraz Island”
  • Romanian: “Alcatraz”
  • Romanian: “Insula Alcatraz”
  • Russian: “Алькатраз”
  • Russian: “Алькатрас”
  • Russian: “Остров Алькатраз”
  • Serbian: “Alcatraz Island”
  • Serbian: “Alkatraz”
  • Serbian: “Алкатраз”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Alcatraz”
  • Slovak: “Alcatraz”
  • Slovenian: “Alcatraz”
  • Spanish: “Alcatraz”
  • Spanish: “Isla de Alcatraz”
  • Spanish: “Prision de Alcatraz”
  • Spanish: “Prisión de Alcatraz”
  • Swedish: “Alcatraz Island”
  • Swedish: “Alcatraz”
  • Tamil: “அல்காட்ராஸ் தீவு”
  • Thai: “Alcatraz Island”
  • Thai: “เกาะอัลคาทราซ”
  • Turkish: “Alcatraz Adası”
  • Turkish: “Alcatraz’dan kaçış”
  • Turkish: “Alcatraz”
  • Turkish: “Alkadraz Hapisanesi”
  • Turkish: “Alkatraz Hapishanesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Алькатрас”
  • Urdu: “جزیرہ الکاتراز”
  • Uzbek: “Alkatraz”
  • Venetian: “Alcatraz”
  • Vietnamese: “Đảo Alcatraz”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Purô Alcatraz”
  • Welsh: “Ynys Alcatraz”
  • Western Frisian: “Alcatraz”
  • Western Panjabi: “القطراز”
  • Wu Chinese: “阿尔卡特拉斯岛”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as North Beach and Nob Hill-Russian Hill.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Alcatraz Island and Alcatraz Dining Hall.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Alcatraz Island”. Photo: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0.