Ogilvie Island

Ogilvie Island is a patch of mud in San Francisco Bay. It is within the limits of the city of San Jose, in Santa Clara County, California, and named for county planner Arthur Ogilvie.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Drawbridge and Alviso.

Drawbridge

Locality

Photo: Paguerra, CC BY 3.0.

Drawbridge is a ghost town with an abandoned railroad station located at the southern end of the San Francisco Bay, next to Station Island, now a part of the city of Fremont, California, United States. Drawbridge is situated 2 miles east of Ogilvie Island.

Alviso

Suburb

Photo: Vlad Butsky, CC BY 2.0.

Alviso is a district of San Jose, California, located in North San Jose on the southern shores of San Francisco Bay. Originally an independent town, founded in 1852, today Alviso is San Jose's only waterfront district, primarily residential in nature, with several Silicon Valley tech companies and recreation-oriented businesses. Alviso is situated 3½ miles southeast of Ogilvie Island.

Mowry Landing

Hamlet

Mowry Landing is a former settlement in Alameda County, California, United States. It is located 2 miles southeast of central Newark on the San Francisco Bay and lies at an elevation of 10 feet. Mowry Landing is situated 3½ miles north of Ogilvie Island.

Ogilvie Island

Type: Islet
Description: island in Santa Clara County, California, United States of America
Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
Location: Santa Clara County, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.46479° or 37° 27′ 53″ north

Longitude

-122.01235° or 122° 0′ 45″ west

Elevation

-7 feet (-2 metres)

Open location code

849VFX7Q+W3

OpenStreetMap ID

way 680618589

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

8498111

Wikidata ID

Q49665514

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In Other Languages

“Ogilvie Island” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Ogilvie Island (pulo sa Estados Unidos)”
Cebuano: “Ogilvie Island”

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