Ryer Island (Suisun Bay)

For the island 40 kilometres upstream, see Ryer Island.

Ryer Island is an island in Suisun Bay at the mouth of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta in Solano County, California, in the Suisun Resource Conservation District, eight miles east-northeast of Benicia. At the time of statehood it was known as Kings Island.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ David Rumsey Historical Map Collection, Bai San Francisco und Vereinigung des Sacramento mit dem San Joaquin, Henry Lange, 1854.
  2. ↑ David L. Durham, California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of This State. p. 693. Quill Driver Books. (1998) ISBN 1-884995-14-4.

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Coordinates: 38°04′58″N 122°00′52″W / 38.08278°N 122.01444°W / 38.08278; -122.01444


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