Roe Island

For the island in Graham Land, Antarctica, see Roe Island (Antarctica).

Roe Island is an island in Suisun Bay at the mouth of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta in Solano County, California, 10 km east of Benicia. Its western tip is named Preston Point, and its eastern tip is Gillespie Point.^{[citation needed]} It is shown, labeled "Preston Island", on an 1850 survey map of the San Francisco Bay area made by Cadwalader Ringgold^[2] and an 1854 map of the area by Henry Lange.^[3] It is labeled, along with Deadman Island, Joice Island, Grizzly Island, Simmons Island and Ryer Island, on a 1902 USGS map of the area.^[4]

Roe Island

Roe Island in an aerial photo from 2009.
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Geography
Location	Northern California
Coordinates	38°04′21″N 122°02′05″W[1]
Adjacent to	Suisun Bay
Administration
United States
State	California
County	Solano

On November 22, 2010, Brian Hopper was rescued from Roe Island by the U.S. Coast Guard. He had been stranded on the island for five days (after his rubber raft sprung a leak), before using his cell phone to contact a cousin, who notified the Coast Guard.^[5]

See also

• Roe Island Light a lighthouse on the island
• List of islands of California

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Roe Island
2. Ringgold, Cadwalader; Stuart, Fred D.; Everett, Chas.; Harrison (1850). "General Chart embracing Surveys of the Farallones Entrance to the Bay of San Francisco, Bays of San Francisco and San Pablo, Straits of Carquines and Suisun Bay, and the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, to the Cities of Sacramento and San Joaquin, California". David Rumsey Map Collection. San Francisco Common Council. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
3. Lange, Henry (1854). "Bai San Francisco und Vereinigung des Sacramento mit dem San Joaquin". David Rumsey Map Collection. George Westermann. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
4. Goode, R.U.; Fletcher, L.C. (1902), Topography, State of California: Woodward Island Quadrangle, United States Geological Survey
5. San Francisco Chronicle, "Coast Guard Rescues Man on Suisun Bay's Roe Island," by Justin Berton, November 23rd, 2010 (retrieved on November 23rd, 2010).