Neils Island facts for kids
USGS aerial imagery of Neils Island
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 Neils Island
Location in San Francisco Bay Area
Neils Island
Location in California
Neils Island
Location in the United States
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| Location | Northern California |
| Coordinates | 38°11′27″N 122°34′41″W / 38.19083°N 122.57806°W |
| Adjacent bodies of water | Petaluma River |
| Highest elevation | 82 ft (25 m) |
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United States
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| State |  California |
| County | Sonoma |
Neils Island as it appears in a 1954 USGS topographic map.
Neils Island (sometimes called Neil Island) is a former island in Sonoma County, California, close to (and formerly surrounded by wetlands of) the Petaluma River, upstream of San Pablo Bay (an embayment of San Francisco Bay). Its coordinates are 38°11′27″N 122°34′41″W / 38.19083°N 122.57806°W, and the United States Geological Survey measured its elevation as 82 ft (25 m) in 1981.
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