Strawberry Spit

Strawberry Spit (also Sanctuary Island) is a small artificial island in the San Francisco Bay's Richardson's Bay embayment of Strawberry Lagoon. It is still referred to as Strawberry Spit, although it no longer is technically a spit.

Historically the spit was a haul out area for harbor seals.[1] A channel was built to separate it from the mainland to isolate and therefore protect the seals from human disturbances.[2]

The landscape north and landward of Strawberry Spit is dominated by Ring Mountain, whose slopes are strewn with a multitude of boulders that include minerals such as mica, amphibolite and eclogite.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Pacific Discovery (1975) Calif. Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 12-15
  2. ↑ Allen, SG (1991). "Harbor seal habitat restoration at Strawberry Spit, San Francisco Bay. (Abstract)". Retrieved 2008-04-11.
  3. ↑ C. Michael Hogan (2008) Ring Mountain, The Megalithic Portal, ed. Andy Burnham

Coordinates: 37°53′23″N 122°30′04″W / 37.889751°N 122.501013°W / 37.889751; -122.501013


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