Alcatraz Island
Alcatraz Island is a small island 1.25 miles offshore from San Francisco, California, United States. The island was developed in the mid-19th century with facilities for a lighthouse, a military fortification, and a military prison.Photo: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Alcatraz Island Lighthouse
Alcatraz Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse—the first one built on the U.S. West Coast—located on Alcatraz Island in California's San Francisco Bay.Warden's House
Photo: CLI, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Warden's House was the home of the wardens of the federal penitentiary on Alcatraz Island, off San Francisco.
Social Hall
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Social Hall, also known as the Officers' Club, was a social club located on the northwestern side of the island of Alcatraz, off the coast of San Francisco, USA.
Localities in the Area
Fisherman's Wharf
Photo: Miskatonic, CC BY-SA 3.0.
San Francisco's most popular destination among travelers, Fisherman's Wharf is the tourist center of the city.
Marina District
The Marina District is a neighborhood located in San Francisco, California. Marina District is situated 2 miles southwest of Alcatraz Island.Russian Hill
Photo: BDS2006, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Russian Hill is a neighborhood of San Francisco, California. Russian Hill is situated 2 miles south of Alcatraz Island.
Alcatraz Island
- Type: Islet
- Description: island in San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Categories: island, tourist attraction, recreation area, common land, locality and landform
- Location: San Francisco, Bay Area, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.82673° or 37° 49' 36" northLongitude
-122.423° or 122° 25' 23" westElevation
121 feet (37 metres)Open Location Code
849VRHGG+MQOpenStreetMap ID
way 295140461OpenStreetMap Feature
leisure=commonOpenStreetMap Feature
place=isletGeoNames ID
5322901Wikidata ID
Q131354Alcatraz Island Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: Alcatraz-eiland
- Afrikaans: Alcatraz
- Albanian: Alcatraz
- Albanian: Alkatrazi
- Albanian: Ishulli Alkatraz
- Arabic: Purô Alcatraz
- Arabic: الكتراز
- Arabic: جزيرة ألكتراز
- Arabic: سجن ألكتراز
- Arabic: سجن الكاتراز
- Armenian: Ալկատրաս
- Azerbaijani: Alkatraz
- Azerbaijani: Alkatraz adası
- Basque: Alcatraz
- Basque: Alcatrazeko kartzela
- Bavarian: Alcatraz
- Belarusian: Алькатрас
- Bengali: অ্যালকাট্র্যাজ দ্বীপ
- Bengali: আলকাটরাজ দ্বীপ
- Bosnian: Alcatraz
- Bosnian: Ostrvo Alcatraz
- Bosnian: Otok Alcatraz
- Bulgarian: Алкатрас
- Bulgarian: Остров Алкатрас
- Catalan: Illa d'Alcatraz
- Catalan: Presó d'Alcatraz
- Cebuano: Alcatraz Island (pulo sa Estados Unidos, California)
- Cebuano: Alcatraz Island
- Central Bikol: Isla nin Alcatraz
- Chinese: 恶魔岛
- Chinese: 惡魔島
- Chinese: 監獄島
- Chinese: 艾卡崔茲島
- Chinese: 阿卡特茲島
- Chinese: 阿卡翠斯島
- Chinese: 阿尔卡特拉斯岛
- Chinese: 阿爾卡特拉斯島
- Croatian: Alcatraz
- Czech: Alcatraz
- Czech: Alkatraz
- Danish: Alcatraz
- Dutch: Alcatraz
- Egyptian Arabic: جزيره الكتراز
- English: Alcatraz
- Esperanto: Alcatraz
- Finnish: Alcatraz
- French: Alcatraz
- French: Alcatraz Island
- French: Prison d'Alcatraz
- French: Île d'Alcatraz
- French: île d'Alcatraz
- German: Alcatraz
- German: Alkatraz
- Greek: Αλκατράζ
- Hebrew: אלקטרז
- Hebrew: כלא אלקטרז
- Hungarian: Alcatraz, A szikla
- Hungarian: Alcatraz-sziget
- Icelandic: Alcatraz
- Icelandic: Alcatraz eyja
- Icelandic: Alkatras
- Icelandic: Alkatraseyja
- Indonesian: Pulau Alcatraz
- Irish: Oileán Alcatraz
- Italian: Alcatraz
- Japanese: アルカトラズ
- Japanese: アルカトラズ刑務所
- Japanese: アルカトラズ島
- Japanese: アルカトラズ連邦刑務所
- Javanese: Kunjara Alcatraz
- Javanese: Pakunjaran Alcatraz
- Javanese: Pulo Alcatraz
- Kazakh: Алькатрас аралы
- Korean: 알카트라즈 섬
- Korean: 앨커트래즈 섬
- Latvian: Alkatrasa
- Lithuanian: Alkatraso kalėjimas
- Lithuanian: Alkatrazas
- Lithuanian: Alkatrazo kalejimas
- Luxembourgish: Alcatraz
- Macedonian: Алкатраз
- Malay: Pulau Alcatraz
- Northern Luri: میناڤە آلکاتراز
- Norwegian: Alcatraz
- Norwegian Bokmål: Alcatraz
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Alcatraz
- Occitan (post 1500): Alcatraz
- Panjabi: ਅਲਕਾਤਰਾਜ਼ ਟਾਪੂ
- Persian: جزیره آلکاتراز
- Persian: جزیره الکاتراز
- Persian: جزیرهٔ آلکاتراز
- Persian: جزیرهٔ الکاتراز
- Persian: زندان آلکاتراز
- Persian: زندان آلکاتراس
- Persian: زندان الکاتراز
- Persian: زندان الکاتراس
- Polish: Alcatras
- Polish: Alcatraz
- Polish: Alcatraz Island
- Polish: Alkatras
- Portuguese: Alcatraz
- Portuguese: Ilha de Alcatraz
- Romanian: Alcatraz
- Romanian: Alcatraz Island
- Romanian: Insula Alcatraz
- Russian: Алькатраз
- Russian: Алькатрас
- Russian: Остров Алькатраз
- Serbian: Alcatraz Island
- Serbian: Alkatraz
- Serbian: Алкатраз
- Serbo-Croatian: Alcatraz
- Slovak: Alcatraz
- Slovenian: Alcatraz
- Spanish: Alcatraz
- Spanish: Isla de Alcatraz
- Spanish: Prision de Alcatraz
- Spanish: Prisión de Alcatraz
- Swedish: Alcatraz
- Swedish: Alcatraz Island
- Thai: Alcatraz Island
- Thai: เกาะอัลคาทราซ
- Turkish: Alcatraz'dan kaçış
- Turkish: Alcatraz
- Turkish: Alcatraz Adası
- Turkish: Alkadraz Hapisanesi
- Turkish: Alkatraz Hapishanesi
- Ukrainian: Алькатрас
- Uzbek: Alkatraz
- Venetian: Alcatraz
- Vietnamese: Đảo Alcatraz
- Waray (Philippines): Purô Alcatraz
- Welsh: Alcatraz
- Western Frisian: Alcatraz
- Western Panjabi: القطراز
- Wu Chinese: 阿尔卡特拉斯岛
- Alcatraces Island
- Alcatrazes Island
- Bird Island
- Isla De Alcatraces
- Isla De Los Alcatraces
- Isle of Alcatraces
- Los Alcatrasses
- Pelican Island
- The Rock
- White Island
- Yerba Buena
- Île d’Alcatraz
- 앨커트래즈섬
Other Places Named Alcatraz Island
In the Area
Localities
- Nob Hill-Russian Hill
- Cow HollowNeighborhood, 2 miles south
- Chinatown-North Beach
- Nob HillNeighborhood, 2½ miles south
- ChinatownNeighborhood, 2½ miles south
- Pac HeightsNeighborhood, 2½ miles south
Landmarks
- Alcatraz IslandPark
- Alcatraz Dining HallBuilding
- Former Military Chapel (Alcatraz Island)Building
- Alcatraz MorgueBuilding
- Alcatraz water towerWater tower
- Building 64Building
Popular Destinations in San Francisco
Escape to a Random Place
About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Alcatraz Island. Photo: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0.