Ross Island
Ross Island is the main island of a four-island cluster in the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, in the United States. The islands, covering a total of about 400 acres, are owned mainly by Ross Island Sand and Gravel, which mined them extensively between 1926 and 2001.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include South Waterfront Greenway and Caruthers Park.
South Waterfront Greenway
Park
The South Waterfront Greenway is a linear park and urban walkway along the Willamette River in the South Waterfront district of Portland, Oregon, in the United States.
Caruthers Park
Park
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Caruthers Park, officially Elizabeth Caruthers Park, is a park located in South Waterfront, Portland, Oregon. Acquired in 2009, the park is named after Oregon pioneer Elizabeth Caruthers.
Aladdin Theater
Theater building
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Aladdin Theater is a theater in the Brooklyn neighborhood of southeast Portland, Oregon. It originally opened as a vaudeville house called Geller's Theatre on December 25, 1927.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include South Waterfront and South Portland.
South Waterfront
Neighborhood
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The South Waterfront is a high-rise district under construction on former brownfield industrial land in the South Portland neighborhood south of downtown Portland, Oregon, U.S.
South Portland
Suburb
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South Portland is a long, narrow neighborhood just south of Downtown Portland, Oregon, hemmed in between the Willamette River and the West Hills. It stretches from I-405 and the Marquam Bridge on the north, to SW Canby St. and the Sellwood Bridge in the south.
Brooklyn
Suburb
Brooklyn is a mostly residential neighborhood in southeast Portland, Oregon. It sits along the east side of the Willamette River in the vicinity of Reed College.
Ross Island
- Type: Island
- Description: island in the Willamette River in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States
- Categories: river island and landform
- Location: Multnomah, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Japanese—“Ross Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ross Island”
- Chinese: “羅斯島”
- Japanese: “ロス島”
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