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Venice Island
An aerial photograph of an island covered in farmland and surrounded by rivers. The island looks like a triceratops, facing left, being punched in the solar plexus from below.
USGS aerial imagery.
Venice Island is located in Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta
Venice Island
Venice Island
Location in Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta
Venice Island is located in California
Venice Island
Venice Island
Location in California
Geography
Location Northern California
Coordinates 38°04′30″N 121°32′04″W / 38.07500°N 121.53444°W / 38.07500; -121.53444
Adjacent bodies of water Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta
Area 3,100 acres (1,300 ha)
Administration
United States
State California
County San Joaquin
Shiloh Wind Power Plant aerial cropped to Venice Island
Venice Island in an aerial photo taken looking toward the east in 2018.

Venice Island is an island in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, fifteen kilometres (9.3 miles) northwest of Stockton. It is in San Joaquin County, California, and managed by Reclamation District 2023.

It is owned by Barron Hilton and the DiNapoli family.

The 3,100-acre (1,300 ha) island is bounded on the north- and northeast by Potato Slough, on the southeast by Little Connection Slough, on the south by the Stockton Deepwater Channel Venice Cut, and on the west by the San Joaquin River-Stockton Deepwater Shipping Channel.

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