Corinthian Island

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Corinthian Island
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Corinthian Island in June 2024
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Corinthian Island
Geography
Location Northern California
Coordinates 37°52′22″N122°27′32″W / 37.87278°N 122.45889°W / 37.87278; -122.45889 (Corinthian Island) [1]
Adjacent to Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta
Highest elevation72 ft (21.9 m) [1]
Administration
United States
StateFlag of California.svg  California
County Marin

Corinthian Island is a former island in the San Francisco Bay, [2] [3] [4] that was later attached to the mainland. [1] It is in Marin County, California, by the Tiburon Peninsula. [5] [6] Its coordinates are 37°52′22″N122°27′32″W / 37.87278°N 122.45889°W / 37.87278; -122.45889 (Corinthian Island) [1] , and the United States Geological Survey gave its elevation as 72 ft (22 m) in 1981. [1] It appears on a 1950 USGS map of the area. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Corinthian Island
  2. "White-Winged Sea Skippers Open Season Today: Corinthians and Aeolians to Try the Wind". The San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco, California. 1919-04-26. p. 11.
  3. "Belvedere Council Meeting Tonight". Daily Independent Journal. San Rafael, California. 1961-07-17. p. 2.
  4. "Belvedere Planners Will Meet Monday". Daily Independent Journal. San Rafael, California. 1961-09-20. p. 36.
  5. "Twenty owners form Belvedere launch club". The San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco, California. 1908-05-02. p. 15.
  6. "Corinthian Island is ideal home for the Bay yachtsmen". The San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco, California. 1909-05-01. p. 24.
  7. United States Geological Survey (1950). "San Francisco North Quadrangle, California" (Map). United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey. 1:24000.