Sentinel Island
Fortification Rock, once a landmark hill on the Colorado River before it was inundated, now known as Rock Island, southernmost and tallest of the Boulder Islands in Lake Mead, Clark County, Nevada.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Islet
- Description: Former land feature on the Colorado River
- Also known as: “Fortification Island” and “Fortification Rock”
Sentinel Island
- Categories: shrubland, locality, and landform
- Location: Clark, Nevada, Southwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
36.05752° or 36° 3′ 27″ northLongitude
-114.74537° or 114° 44′ 43″ westElevation
1,362 feet (415 metres)Open location code
85873753+2VOpenStreetMap ID
way 47425145OpenStreetMap feature
natural=scrubOpenStreetMap feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
5512029Wikidata ID
Q20714676
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In Other Languages
“Sentinel Island” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “碉堡岩”
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