Decker Island
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.jpg) An aerial photograph taken looking north in 2015. Sherman Island is below it. | |
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| Geography | |
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| Location | Northern California |
| Coordinates | 38°05′26″N 121°43′09″W / 38.0904745°N 121.7191214°W[1] |
| Adjacent to | Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta |
| Administration | |
| State |  California |
| County | Solano |
Decker Island is a small island in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River delta, in California.[2][3][4][5][6] It is part of Solano County.[7][8][9][10] Its coordinates are 38°05′26″N 121°43′09″W / 38.0904745°N 121.7191214°W[1]. Part of the island is the Decker Island Wildlife Area, operated by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
References
[edit]- ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Decker Island
- ^ California State Automobile Association (1999). San Francisco Bay Region (Map). 1:190,000. American Automobile Association.
- ^ "Country Roll". The Record-Union. Sacramento, California. 1884-02-02. p. 7.
- ^ "A down-river island". The Evening Bee. Sacramento, California. 1893-05-08. p. 8.
- ^ "In What County Lies This Land?". The Evening Bee. Sacramento, California. 1899-03-07. p. 5.
- ^ "What the Supervisors Did: Dispute over the Solano boundary". The Record-Union. Sacramento, California. 1899-03-08. p. 5.
- ^ "Decker Island is Awarded to Hansen". The San Francisco Call. San Francisco, California. 1899-12-20. p. 3.
- ^ "Ownership of Decker Island". The Record-Union. Sacramento, California. 1899-12-20. p. 8.
- ^ "Sinking Delta Creeps From The Pipeline". Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California. 1964-09-22. p. 13.
- ^ "Warm Weather Is Fly In Sportsman's Outdoor Ointment". The Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. 1964-09-25. p. 65.
External links
[edit]Map: Islands of Suisun Bay and the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta | |
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