Staten Island is an

island An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...

in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, twenty-five kilometres northwest of Stockton. The is bordered on the east and south by

South Mokelumne River The Mokelumne River ( or ; ''Mokelumne'', Miwok for "People of the Fish Net") is a -long river in northern California in the United States. The river flows west from a rugged portion of the central Sierra Nevada into the Central Valley and ul ...

, and on the west and north by North Mokelumne River. It is in

San Joaquin County San Joaquin County (; Spanish language, Spanish: ''San Joaquín'', meaning "Joachim, St. Joachim"), officially the County of San Joaquin, is a county (United States), county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States Census, 20 ...

, and managed by Reclamation District 38. The island is privately owned by

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. It is a popular stopping point for migratory sandhill cranes.

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Islands of San Joaquin County, California Islands of the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta Islands of Northern California Mokelumne River {{SanJoaquinCountyCA-geo-stub

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