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Corinthian Island

An aerial photograph of Corinthian Island from the southwest in May 2010. Belvedere Island can be seen in the foreground, and the Tiburon Peninsula in the background.
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Geography
Location	Northern California
Coordinates	37°52′22″N 122°27′32″W / 37.87278°N 122.45889°W / 37.87278; -122.45889 (Corinthian Island)
Adjacent bodies of water	Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta
Highest elevation	72 ft (21.9 m)
Administration
United States
State	California
County	Marin

Another aerial photograph of Corinthian Island from the west, taken in September 2019.

Corinthian Island is a former island in the San Francisco Bay, that was attached to the mainland in the 1980s. It is in Marin County, California, by the Tiburon Peninsula. Its coordinates are 37°52′22″N 122°27′32″W / 37.87278°N 122.45889°W / 37.87278; -122.45889 (Corinthian Island), and the United States Geological Survey gave its elevation as 72 ft (22 m) in 1981.