Goat Island

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Goat Island, now known as Yerba Buena Island, is a natural island in San Francisco Bay situated between San Francisco and Oakland and connected to both by the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge.

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Label Occurrences
Goat Island canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island
natural island
accessibleBy local roads connecting to bridge exits
motor vehicle via San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge
adjacentTo Treasure Island
administeredBy San Francisco County
surface form: City and County of San Francisco
belongsTo San Francisco County
climate Mediterranean climate of San Francisco Bay Area
connectedBy San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge
country United States of America
crossedBy Yerba Buena Tunnel
surface form: Bay Bridge Yerba Buena Tunnel
currentName Yerba Buena Island
elevationAboveSeaLevel about 338 feet
formerNameOf Yerba Buena Island
geologicalType rocky hill island
hasAlternativeName Sea Bird Island
Wood Island
Yerba Buena
Yerba Buena Island
hasCoastlineOn San Francisco Bay
hasNameOrigin presence of goats historically on the island
hasStrategicLocation central position in San Francisco Bay
hasViewOf Bay Bridge
Golden Gate Bridge
Oakland Inner Harbor
surface form: Oakland waterfront

San Francisco skyline
historicalUse United States Navy shore establishment
surface form: U.S. Navy facilities

coast defense installations
locatedBetween Oakland
San Francisco
locatedIn California, United States
surface form: California

San Francisco Bay
San Francisco Bay Area
surface form: San Francisco–Oakland Bay Area
locatedInBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean watershed
locatedInTimeZone Pacific Time Zone
nearbyCity Oakland
San Francisco
nearbyLandmark Embarcadero, San Francisco
surface form: Embarcadero waterfront of San Francisco

Port of Oakland
Treasure Island Naval Station (former)
partOf Bay Bridge
surface form: Bay Bridge eastern and western spans connection

San Francisco Bay Islands
San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge
surface form: San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge system
region Northern California
separatedFrom Treasure Island by causeways and fill
usedFor military purposes in the past
transportation corridor for San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge

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Yerba Buena Island formerName Goat Island