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Russ Island

USGS aerial imagery of Russ Island
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Geography
Location	Northern California
Coordinates	38°10′13″N 122°18′44″W / 38.17028°N 122.31222°W / 38.17028; -122.31222 (Russ Island)
Adjacent bodies of water	Napa River
Highest elevation	3 ft (0.9 m)
Administration
United States
State	California
County	Napa and Solano

Russ Island as it appears on a 1951 USGS topographic map.

An aerial view, looking toward the west, of the Napa River where it flows into San Pablo Bay through Vallejo. Islands visible include, from bottom of image: Mare, No. 1, Knight, Russ, No. 2, Green, Bull, Edgerly, Coon, Little, and Tubbs.

Russ Island is a mostly-submerged island in the Napa River, upstream of San Pablo Bay (an embayment of San Francisco Bay). Its north end is in Napa County and its south end is in Solano County, California; it is managed as part of the Napa-Sonoma Marshes Wildlife Area. Its coordinates are 38°10′13″N 122°18′44″W / 38.17028°N 122.31222°W / 38.17028; -122.31222 (Russ Island), and the United States Geological Survey measured its elevation as 3 ft (0.91 m) in 1981.