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Liberty Island
is a federally owned island in
Upper New York Bay
in the United States, best known as the location of the
Statue of Liberty
. Though surrounded by the waters of
Jersey City, New Jersey
, the island is an
exclave
of the
New York City
borough
of
Manhattan
. Long known as Bedloe's Island, Liberty Island was renamed by an act of the
United States Congress
in 1956. In 1937 it became part of the
Statue of Liberty National Monument
and in 1966 it was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
as part of Statue of Liberty National Monument, Ellis Island and Liberty Island.
Photograph:
D Ramey Logan
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