Ryer Island (Suisun Bay) facts for kids

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Ryer Island

Ryer Island is the large, dolphin-shaped island in the center of this aerial photo. Directly above it and to the left is Freeman Island, and above Freeman Island is Snag Island. To its right is Roe Island.
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Geography
Location	Northern California
Coordinates	38°04′58″N 122°05′52″W / 38.08278°N 122.09778°W / 38.08278; -122.09778 (Ryer Island)
Adjacent bodies of water	Suisun Bay
Administration
United States
State	California
County	Solano

Ryer Island is an island in Suisun Bay at the mouth of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta in Solano County, California, eight miles east-northeast of Benicia. It is administered by Reclamation District 501, and is in the Suisun Resource Conservation District. At the time of statehood it was known as Kings Island, and is labeled as such on an 1850 survey map of the San Francisco Bay area made by Cadwalader Ringgold as well as an 1854 map of the area by Henry Lange.