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Tubbs Island

Tubbs Island in March 2023.
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Geography
Location	Northern California
Coordinates	38°08′59″N 122°25′27″W / 38.14972°N 122.42417°W / 38.14972; -122.42417 (Tubbs Island)
Adjacent to	San Pablo Bay
Highest elevation	0 ft (0 m)
Administration
United States
State	California
County	Sonoma

Tubbs Island is an island in San Pablo Bay (an embayment of San Francisco Bay). It is in Sonoma County, California, and parts of it are managed as part of the Napa-Sonoma Marshes Wildlife Area. Its coordinates are 38°08′59″N 122°25′27″W / 38.14972°N 122.42417°W / 38.14972; -122.42417 (Tubbs Island), and the United States Geological Survey measured its elevation as 0 ft (0 m) in 1981. It, along with Island No. 1, Island No. 2 and Green Island, are labeled on a 1902 USGS map of the area.

Tubbs Island used to be home to a town of the same name, but now all that remains is a single outhouse visible from SR 37. The rest of the town is below the surface of the mud. Following the disappearance of the town, Tubbs Island was used as a gunnery range and chemical weapons testing site. The government has since invested into multiple cleanups of the island, mainly of contaminated soil, sediment, and water.

The point on the southwestern end of Tubbs Island is named "Midshipman Point". It was previously diked agricultural land, but has since been restored to marshland by Audubon California.

References

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