Coon Island (California)

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Coordinates38°11′33″N 122°19′24″W / 38.19250°N 122.32333°W / 38.19250; -122.32333 (Coon Island)[1]
Adjacent toNapa River
Highestelevation3 ft (0.9 m)[1]
Coon Island
Aerial image of an island.
USGS aerial imagery of Coon Island
Coon Island is located in San Francisco Bay Area
Coon Island
Coon Island
Coon Island is located in California
Coon Island
Coon Island
Coon Island is located in the United States
Coon Island
Coon Island
Geography
LocationNorthern California
Coordinates38°11′33″N 122°19′24″W / 38.19250°N 122.32333°W / 38.19250; -122.32333 (Coon Island)[1]
Adjacent toNapa River
Highest elevation3 ft (0.9 m)[1]
Administration
United States
State California
CountyNapa
Coon Island as it appears on a 1951 USGS topographic map.
An aerial view, looking toward the west, of the Napa River where it flows into San Pablo Bay through Vallejo. Islands visible include, from bottom of image: Mare, No. 1, Knight, Russ, No. 2, Green, Bull, Edgerly, Coon, Little, and Tubbs.

Coon Island is an island in the Napa River, upstream of San Pablo Bay (an embayment of San Francisco Bay).[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] It is in Napa County, California, and managed as part of the Napa-Sonoma Marshes Wildlife Area.[19][20] Its coordinates are 38°11′33″N 122°19′24″W / 38.19250°N 122.32333°W / 38.19250; -122.32333 (Coon Island)[1], and the United States Geological Survey measured its elevation as 3 ft (0.91 m) in 1981.[1]

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