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Angel Island

Angel Island is a historic immigration station and military post turned state park in the San Francisco Bay. Sometimes considered the Ellis Island of the west coast, Angel Island was for decades the first place that many immigrants to the United States arrived, especially coming from .
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in San Francisco Bay in California, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Angel Island State Park”, “Angel Isle”, “Fort McDowell”, “Isla De Los Angeles”, “Isla De Nuestra Senora De Los Angeles *”, “Isla de Santa Maria de los Angeles”, “Los Angeles Island”, and “Nuestra Senora de los Angeles”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Alcatraz Island and Angel Island Immigration Station.

Islet
Photo: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.

Museum
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was an immigration station in which operated from January 21, 1910, to November 5, 1940, where immigrants entering the United States were detained and interrogated.

Museum
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The Tiburon Railroad & Ferry Depot Museum is located at 1920 Paradise Drive, on the waterfront of . It is located in the former San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad Station House/Depot, a Greek Revival building erected in 1886 by the San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tiburon and Sausalito.

Photo: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a small historic town in 's , located across the bay from . 's Main Street has been preserved as it was when the town was a Gold Rush train town and lumber yard.

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is a unique and picturesque community, perched on a hillside between the San Francisco Bay and the . Since it's across the Golden Gate Bridge from , it makes a great trip by bike, ferry, bus, or car, for a good meal, a visit to an art studio, and views of the city from across the bay.

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'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.

Angel Island

Latitude
37.8624° or 37° 51′ 45″ north
Longitude
-122.4324° or 122° 25′ 57″ west
Population
57
Elevation
427 feet (130 metres)
Open location code
849VVH69+W3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 157429145
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
5323982
Wiki­data ID
Q531734
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Wu Chinese—“Angel Island” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Angel Island”
  • Central Bikol: “Isla kan Anghel”
  • Central Bikol: “Pulo ng Anghel”
  • Chinese: “天使島”
  • Dutch: “Angel Island”
  • French: “Angel Island”
  • French: “Parc d’État d’Angel Island”
  • Gan Chinese: “天使岛”
  • German: “Angel Island”
  • Japanese: “エンジェル島”
  • Polish: “Angel Island”
  • Russian: “Ангел (остров)”
  • Russian: “Энджел (остров)”
  • Russian: “Энджел”
  • Spanish: “Isla Angel”
  • Spanish: “Isla Ángel”
  • Spanish: “Isla de los Ángeles”
  • Tagalog: “Angel Island Park”
  • Tagalog: “Angel Island State Park”
  • Tagalog: “Angel Island”
  • Tagalog: “Isla ng Anghel”
  • Tagalog: “Island of Angel”
  • Tagalog: “Islang Anghel”
  • Tagalog: “Liwasan ng Isla ng Anghel”
  • Tagalog: “Liwasan ng Islang Anghel”
  • Tagalog: “Liwasan ng Pulo ng Anghel”
  • Tagalog: “Liwasan ng Pulong Anghel”
  • Tagalog: “Pang-estadong Liwasan ng Pulo ng Anghel”
  • Tagalog: “Pang-istadong Liwasan ng Pulo ng Anghel”
  • Tagalog: “Parke ng Isla ng Anghel”
  • Tagalog: “Parke ng Islang Anghel”
  • Tagalog: “Parke ng Pulo ng Anghel”
  • Tagalog: “Parke ng Pulong Anghel”
  • Tagalog: “Parkeng Isla ng Anghel”
  • Tagalog: “Parkeng Islang Anghel”
  • Tagalog: “Parkeng Pulo ng Anghel”
  • Tagalog: “Parkeng Pulong Anghel”
  • Tagalog: “Pulo ng Anghel”
  • Tagalog: “Pulong Anghel”
  • Wu Chinese: “天使岛”

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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 Wikivoyage page “Angel Island”. Photo: Richard N Horne, CC BY-SA 4.0.