_(cropped).jpg) Roe Island in an aerial photo from 2009. | |
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| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Northern California |
| Coordinates | 38°04′21″N 122°02′05″W / 38.07250°N 122.03472°W[1] |
| Adjacent to | Suisun Bay |
| Administration | |
| State |  California |
| County | Solano |
Roe Island is an island in Suisun Bay at the mouth of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta in Solano County, California, 10 km east of Benicia. Its western tip is named Preston Point, and its eastern tip is Gillespie Point.[citation needed] It is shown, labeled "Preston Island", on an 1850 survey map of the San Francisco Bay area made by Cadwalader Ringgold[2] and an 1854 map of the area by Henry Lange.[3] It is labeled, along with Deadman Island, Joice Island, Grizzly Island, Simmons Island and Ryer Island, on a 1902 USGS map of the area.[4]
On November 22, 2010, Brian Hopper was rescued from Roe Island by the U.S. Coast Guard. He had been stranded on the island for five days (after his rubber raft sprung a leak), before using his cell phone to contact a cousin, who notified the Coast Guard.[5]
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Roe Island
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