Little Venice Island

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Little Venice Island
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USGS aerial imagery of Little Venice Island, with Medford Island to the west, Empire Tract to the east, and a bridge connecting to Venice Island on the northwest.
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Little Venice Island
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Little Venice Island
Geography
Location Northern California
Coordinates 38°03′02″N121°30′05″W / 38.05056°N 121.50139°W / 38.05056; -121.50139 (Little Venice Island) [1] Coordinates: 38°03′02″N121°30′05″W / 38.05056°N 121.50139°W / 38.05056; -121.50139 (Little Venice Island) [1]
Adjacent bodies of water Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta
Highest elevation0 ft (0 m) [1]
Administration
United States
StateFlag of California.svg  California
County San Joaquin

Little Venice Island is a small island in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta. [2] [3] It is part of San Joaquin County, California. [4] [5] Its coordinates are 38°03′02″N121°30′05″W / 38.05056°N 121.50139°W / 38.05056; -121.50139 (Little Venice Island) [1] , and the United States Geological Survey measured its elevation as 0 ft (0 m) in 1981. [1] It appears on a 1952 USGS map of the area. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Little Venice Island
  2. "Illegal Duck Hunters Fined". The San Francisco Examiner. San Francisco, California. 1943-11-11. p. 22.
  3. "Jon Is His Name, Peat Is His Game". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. 1975-06-23. p. 3.
  4. "Peat Farmer One Of Few". The Times Record. Troy, New York. 1975-08-28. p. 8.
  5. "Firefighters set sail in Delta blaze". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. 2002-11-28. p. 38.
  6. United States Geological Survey (1952). "Terminous Quadrangle, California" (Map). United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey. 1:24000.