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Location | Northern California |
Coordinates | 37°57′37″N 121°21′21″W / 37.96028°N 121.35583°W / 37.96028; -121.35583 (Browns Island)[1] |
Adjacent to | Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta |
Highest elevation | 13 ft (4 m)[1] |
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State | California |
County | San Joaquin |
Browns Island is a former island in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, now connected to the mainland. It is part of San Joaquin County, California.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] Its coordinates are 37°57′37″N 121°21′21″W / 37.96028°N 121.35583°W / 37.96028; -121.35583 (Browns Island)[1], and the United States Geological Survey measured its elevation as 13 ft (4.0 m) in 1995.[1] It appears on a 1913 USGS map of the area;[12] its former location is labeled "Browns Island" on the 2015 edition of the map.[13]
Map: Islands of Suisun Bay and the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta | |
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