Alcatraz Island

Alcatraz Island is a small island about 1.25 miles offshore from in , California, near the strait. The island was developed in the mid-19th century with facilities for a , a military fortification, and a military prison.
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  • Island
  • …lies at an elevation of 121 feet (37 metres)
  • Description: island in San Francisco, California, United States of America
  • Also known as
    “Alcatraces Island”
    “Alcatrazes Island”
    “Bird Island”
    “Isla De Alcatraces”
    “Isla De Los Alcatraces”
    “Isle of Alcatraces”
    “Los Alcatrasses”
    “Pelican Island”
    “The Rock”
    “White Island”
    “Yerba Buena”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Alcatraz Island Lighthouse and Warden’s House.
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is a lighthouse—the first…
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The Warden's House was the home of the wardens of the…
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The , also known as the Officers' Club, was…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fisherman’s Wharf and Marina District.
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's most popular destination among…
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The is a neighborhood located in , . is situated 2 miles southwest of Alcatraz Island.
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is a neighborhood of , California. is situated 2 miles south of Alcatraz Island.

Alcatraz Island

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Latitude
37.82673° or 37° 49′ 36″ north
Longitude
-122.42287° or 122° 25′ 22″ west
Open location code
849VRHGG+MV
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: “Alkatrazi”
  • Albanian: “Ishulli Alkatraz”
  • Arabic: “الكتراز”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة ألكتراز”
  • Arabic: “سجن ألكتراز”
  • Arabic: “سجن الكاتراز”
  • Armenian: “Ալկատրաս”
  • Azerbaijani: “Alkatraz adası”
  • Azerbaijani: “Alkatraz”
  • Basque: “Alcatraz uhartea”
  • 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”
  • 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: “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”
  • Polish: “Alkatras”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha de Alcatraz”
  • Romanian: “Alcatraz”
  • Romanian: “Insula Alcatraz”
  • Russian: “Алькатраз”
  • Russian: “Алькатрас”
  • Russian: “Остров Алькатраз”
  • Serbian: “Alkatraz”
  • Serbian: “Алкатраз”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Alcatraz”
  • Slovak: “Alcatraz”
  • Slovenian: “Alcatraz”
  • Spanish: “Isla de Alcatraz”
  • Spanish: “Prision de Alcatraz”
  • Spanish: “Prisión de Alcatraz”
  • Swedish: “Alcatraz”
  • Tamil: “அல்காட்ராஸ் தீவு”
  • Thai: “เกาะอัลคาทราซ”
  • Turkish: “Alcatraz Adası”
  • Turkish: “Alcatraz’dan kaçış”
  • 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”

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