Strawberry Spit
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Artificial island in California
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| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Northern California |
| Coordinates | 37°53′23′′N 122°30′04′′W / 37.889751°N 122.501013°W / 37.889751; -122.501013 |
| Adjacent to | Richardson's Bay |
| Administration | |
| State | California |
Strawberry Spit (also Sanctuary Island) is a small artificial island in the San Francisco Bay's Richardson's Bay embayment of Strawberry Lagoon. It is still referred to as Strawberry Spit, although it no longer is technically a spit.
Historically the spit was a haul out area for harbor seals.[1] A channel was built separating Aramburu Island from the mainland to isolate and therefore protect the seals from human disturbances.[2]
The landscape north and landward of Strawberry Spit is dominated by Ring Mountain, whose slopes are strewn with a multitude of boulders that include minerals such as mica, amphibolite and eclogite.[3]
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ Pacific Discovery (1975) Calif. Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 12-15
- ^ Allen, SG (1991). "Harbor seal habitat restoration at Strawberry Spit, San Francisco Bay. (Abstract)". Archived from the original on May 20, 2011. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ C. Michael Hogan (2008) Ring Mountain, The Megalithic Portal, ed. Andy Burnham [1] Archived 2011年06月10日 at the Wayback Machine
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