Geography | |
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Location | Northern California |
Coordinates | 37°48′59″N 121°33′25″W / 37.81639°N 121.55694°W [1] |
Adjacent to | Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta |
Highest elevation | 0 ft (0 m) [1] |
Administration | |
United States | |
State | California |
County | Contra Costa |
Hammer Island is a small island in the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, in Contra Costa County, California, [2] [3] [4] [5] originally named Santos Island, it was changed to Hammer Island after Hans Hammer purchased the island from Mr. Santos in 1939. [6] Its coordinates are 37°48′59″N 121°33′25″W / 37.81639°N 121.55694°W [1],; the United States Geological Survey measured its elevation as 0 ft (0 m) in 1981, [1] and it appears on a 1978 USGS map. [7]