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.Notable Places in the Area
Alcatraz Island Lighthouse
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
Ruins
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.
Localities in the Area
Marina District
Neighborhood
The Marina District is a neighborhood located in San Francisco, California. Marina District is situated 2 miles southwest of Alcatraz Island.
Russian Hill
Neighborhood
Photo: Bgag, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Russian Hill is a neighborhood of San Francisco, California. Russian Hill is situated 2 miles south of Alcatraz Island.
North Beach
Neighborhood
Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 2.5.
North Beach is a neighborhood in the northeast of San Francisco adjacent to Chinatown, the Financial District, and Russian Hill. North Beach is situated 2 miles southeast of Alcatraz Island.
Alcatraz Island
- Type: Building
- Address: CA
- Location: San Francisco, Bay Area, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.82686° or 37° 49' 37" northLongitude
-122.42275° or 122° 25' 22" westElevation
105 feet (32 metres)Open Location Code
849VRHGG+PWOpenStreetMap ID
node 3054493437OpenStreetMap Feature
amenity=toiletsOpenStreetMap Feature
building=yesGeoNames ID
5322896Alcatraz Island Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Albanian: Alkatrazi
- Arabic: جزيرة ألكتراز
- Azerbaijani: Alkatraz
- Basque: Alcatrazeko kartzela
- Bengali: অ্যালকাট্র্যাজ দ্বীপ
- Bosnian: Ostrvo Alcatraz
- Bulgarian: Алкатрас
- Catalan: Presó dAlcatraz
- Chinese: 阿爾卡特拉斯島
- Greek: Αλκατράζ
- Hebrew: אלקטרז
- Hungarian: Alcatraz-sziget
- Indonesian: Pulau Alcatraz
- Japanese: アルカトラズ島
- Javanese: Pakunjaran Alcatraz
- Kazakh: Алькатрас аралы
- Korean: 앨커트래즈 섬
- Lithuanian: Alkatraso kalėjimas
- Macedonian: Алкатраз
- Malay: Pulau Alcatraz
- Persian: جزیره آلکاتراز
- Russian: Алькатрас
- Serbian: Алкатраз
- Thai: เกาะอัลคาทราซ
- Turkish: Alcatraz Adası
- Ukrainian: Алькатрас
- Vietnamese: Đảo Alcatraz
- Western Panjabi: القطراز
- Alcatraz
- Ilha de Alcatraz
- Isla de Alcatraz
- Île dAlcatraz
Other Places Named Alcatraz Island
In the Area
Localities
- Fishermans WharfNeighborhood
- Nob Hill-Russian Hill
- Telegraph HillNeighborhood, 2 miles southeast
- Cow HollowNeighborhood, 2 miles south
- Chinatown-North Beach
- Nob HillNeighborhood, 2½ miles south
Other Places
- Main PrisonBuilding
- Electric ShopBuilding
- Sally PortBuilding
- Administration BlockBuilding
- RestroomsBuilding
- Guard TowerTower
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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.