Back Alcatraz-eiland AF جزيرة ألكتراز Arabic جزيره الكتراز ARZ Alkatraz adası AZ Alcatraz BAR Isla nin Alcatraz BCL Алькатрас BE Алкатрас Bulgarian Alcatraz BS Alcatraz Island (pulo sa Tinipong Bansa, California) CEB
| Alcatraz Island | |
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 Alcatraz Island from Tiburon Ferry | |
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| Location | San Francisco Bay, California, US |
| Nearest city | San Francisco, California |
| Area | 22 acres (8.9 ha)[1] |
| Established | 1934 |
| Governing body | National Park Service |
Alcatraz Island (sometimes just called Alcatraz or The Rock) is a small island in the San Francisco Bay in California. It has been used for a lighthouse, a military fort, a military prison, a federal prison, and now a National Park.
The Alcatraz lighthouse, opened in 1854, was the first working lighthouse on the West Coast.
- ↑ "Alcatraz Island". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica. 2009.
- ↑ "Alcatraz Island". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.