Ryer Island is an island in Suisun Bay[2] at the mouth of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta in Solano County, California, eight miles east-northeast of Benicia.[3][4][5][6] It is administered by Reclamation District 501,[7] and is in the Suisun Resource Conservation District. At the time of statehood it was known as Kings Island,[8] and is labeled as such on an 1850 survey map of the San Francisco Bay area made by Cadwalader Ringgold[9] as well as an 1854 map of the area by Henry Lange.[10] It is labeled, along with Deadman Island, Joice Island, Grizzly Island, Simmons Island, and Roe Island, on a 1902 USGS map of the area.[11]
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Geography | |
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Location | Northern California |
Coordinates | 38°04′58″N 122°05′52″W / 38.08278°N 122.09778°W[1] |
Adjacent to | Suisun Bay |
Administration | |
State | California |
County | Solano |