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- Marin_Islands abstract "Marin Islands are the two small islands, East Marin and West Marin, situated offshore from San Rafael, California, in the San Pablo Bay extension of San Francisco Bay. The islands comprise the Marin Islands National Wildlife Refuge, which was established in 1992. The surrounding submerged tidelands are also included in the refuge.The islands are named after the Coast Miwok man known as Chief Marin, after whom Marin County was later named. He is thought to have hidden out there in the 1820s after escaping from Mission San Rafael before being recaptured and incarcerated at the Presidio (in present-day San Francisco).West Marin Island, elevation 26 meters (85 ft) above the bay waters, supports the largest heron and egret rookery in the San Francisco Bay Area. Nesting species include great egrets, snowy egrets, great blue herons, and black-crowned night herons.East Marin Island, a former vacation retreat, now supports a variety of introduced and native plants and provides critical nesting material and rest sites for the nearby colony.The submerged tidelands support a variety of resident and migratory water birds such as surf scoter, black oystercatcher, diving ducks, and osprey. Refuge objectives are to protect migratory species, including the heron and egret nesting colony, protect and restore suitable habitat for the colony, and protect the tidal mud flats and unique island ecosystem.The islands are the property of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and require special permission to visit. They were donated to the federal government by the Crowley family of San Francisco. They had been bought by Thomas Crowley at auction in 1926 for $25,000 in the hope that they would become the western terminus of the Richmond–San Rafael Bridge. Instead, they became a family vacation spot for more than sixty years.".
- Marin_Islands iucnCategory "IV".
- Marin_Islands location Marin_County,_California.
- Marin_Islands location United_States.
- Marin_Islands nearestCity San_Rafael,_California.
- Marin_Islands thumbnail Marin_islands1.JPG?width=300.
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- Marin_Islands wikiPageID "3058358".
- Marin_Islands wikiPageLength "4275".
- Marin_Islands wikiPageOutDegree "46".
- Marin_Islands wikiPageRevisionID "706020372".
- Marin_Islands wikiPageWikiLink Bay.
- Marin_Islands wikiPageWikiLink Bird_migration.
- Marin_Islands wikiPageWikiLink Black-crowned_night_heron.
- Marin_Islands wikiPageWikiLink Black_oystercatcher.
- Marin_Islands wikiPageWikiLink Category:Islands_of_California.
- Marin_Islands wikiPageWikiLink Category:Islands_of_Marin_County,_California.
- Marin_Islands wikiPageWikiLink Category:Islands_of_Northern_California.
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- Marin_Islands wikiPageWikiLink Chief_Marin.
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- Marin_Islands wikiPageWikiLink Indigenous_(ecology).
- Marin_Islands wikiPageWikiLink Introduced_species.
- Marin_Islands wikiPageWikiLink Island.
- Marin_Islands wikiPageWikiLink List_of_islands_of_California.
- Marin_Islands wikiPageWikiLink Marin_County,_California.
- Marin_Islands wikiPageWikiLink Mission_San_Rafael_Arcángel.
- Marin_Islands wikiPageWikiLink Mount_Tamalpais.
- Marin_Islands wikiPageWikiLink Osprey.
- Marin_Islands wikiPageWikiLink Richmond–San_Rafael_Bridge.
- Marin_Islands wikiPageWikiLink Rookery.
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- Marin_Islands wikiPageWikiLink San_Francisco_Bay_Area.
- Marin_Islands wikiPageWikiLink San_Pablo_Bay.
- Marin_Islands wikiPageWikiLink San_Rafael,_California.
- Marin_Islands wikiPageWikiLink Snowy_egret.
- Marin_Islands wikiPageWikiLink Species.
- Marin_Islands wikiPageWikiLink Surf_scoter.
- Marin_Islands wikiPageWikiLink Tubbs_Island.
- Marin_Islands wikiPageWikiLink United_States.
- Marin_Islands wikiPageWikiLink United_States_Fish_and_Wildlife_Service.
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- Marin_Islands wikiPageWikiLinkText "East Marin Island".
- Marin_Islands wikiPageWikiLinkText "Marin Islands".
- Marin_Islands wikiPageWikiLinkText "West Marin Island".
- Marin_Islands established "1992".
- Marin_Islands governingBody United_States_Fish_and_Wildlife_Service.
- Marin_Islands iucnCategory "IV".
- Marin_Islands latD "37.96514".
- Marin_Islands location Marin_County,_California.
- Marin_Islands location United_States.
- Marin_Islands longD "-122.47116".
- Marin_Islands mapCaption "Map of California".
- Marin_Islands mapWidth "300".
- Marin_Islands name "Marin Islands National Wildlife Refuge".
- Marin_Islands nearestCity San_Rafael,_California.
- Marin_Islands photo "Marin islands1.JPG".
- Marin_Islands photoCaption "View of both Marin Islands as seen from the East Peak of Mount Tamalpais".
- Marin_Islands region "US-CA".
- Marin_Islands scale "25000".
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- Marin_Islands subject Category:Islands_of_California.
- Marin_Islands subject Category:Islands_of_Marin_County,_California.
- Marin_Islands subject Category:Islands_of_Northern_California.
- Marin_Islands subject Category:Islands_of_San_Francisco_Bay.
- Marin_Islands subject Category:Islands_of_the_San_Francisco_Bay_Area.
- Marin_Islands subject Category:National_Wildlife_Refuges_in_California.
- Marin_Islands subject Category:Protected_areas_of_Marin_County,_California.
- Marin_Islands hypernym Islands.
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- Marin_Islands type Area.
- Marin_Islands type Island.
- Marin_Islands type Place.
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- Marin_Islands type Area.
- Marin_Islands type Attraction.
- Marin_Islands type Landform.
- Marin_Islands type Refuge.
- Marin_Islands type Location.