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 Park”, “Angel Island State Park”, “Angel Isle”, “đảo Los Angeles”, “đảo Los Ángeles”, “đảo Thiên Thần”, “Fort McDowell”, “Isla Angel”, “Isla Ángel”, “Isla De Los Angeles”, “Isla De Nuestra Senora De Los Angeles *”, “Isla de Santa Maria de los Angeles”, “Isla ng Anghel”, “Island of Angel”, “Islang Anghel”, “Liwasan ng Isla ng Anghel”, “Liwasan ng Islang Anghel”, “Liwasan ng Pulo ng Anghel”, “Liwasan ng Pulong Anghel”, “Los Angeles Island”, “Nuestra Senora de los Angeles”, “Pang-estadong Liwasan ng Pulo ng Anghel”, “Pang-istadong Liwasan ng Pulo ng Anghel”, “Parc d’État d’Angel Island”, “Parke ng Isla ng Anghel”, “Parke ng Islang Anghel”, “Parke ng Pulo ng Anghel”, “Parke ng Pulong Anghel”, “Parkeng Isla ng Anghel”, “Parkeng Islang Anghel”, “Parkeng Pulo ng Anghel”, “Parkeng Pulong Anghel”, “Pulong Anghel”, and “Ангел (остров)”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Angel Island Immigration Station and Tiburon Railroad & Ferry Depot Museum.

Museum
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Museum
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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”
  • Gan Chinese: “天使岛”
  • German: “Angel Island”
  • Japanese: “エンジェル島”
  • Polish: “Angel Island”
  • Russian: “Энджел (остров)”
  • Russian: “Энджел”
  • Spanish: “Isla de los Ángeles”
  • Tagalog: “Pulo ng Anghel”
  • Vietnamese: “đảo Angel”
  • Wu Chinese: “天使岛”

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