Strawberry Spit

{{short description|Artificial island in California}}

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| waterbody = Richardson's Bay

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Strawberry Spit (also Sanctuary Island) is a small artificial island in the San Francisco Bay's Richardson's Bay embayment of Strawberry Lagoon. It is still referred to as Strawberry Spit, although it no longer is technically a spit.

Historically the spit was a haul out area for harbor seals.Pacific Discovery (1975) Calif. Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 12-15 A channel was built separating Aramburu Island from the mainland to isolate and therefore protect the seals from human disturbances.{{cite web |url= http://md1.csa.com/partners/viewrecord.php?requester=gs&collection=ENV&recid=2951717&q=Harbor+seal+habitat+restoration+at+Strawberry+Spit&uid=792512732&setcookie=yes |title= Harbor seal habitat restoration at Strawberry Spit, San Francisco Bay. (Abstract) |accessdate= 2008-04-11 |author= Allen, SG |year= 1991 |archive-date= 2011-05-20 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110520045727/http://md1.csa.com/partners/viewrecord.php?requester=gs&collection=ENV&recid=2951717&q=Harbor+seal+habitat+restoration+at+Strawberry+Spit&uid=792512732&setcookie=yes |url-status= live }}

The landscape north and landward of Strawberry Spit is dominated by Ring Mountain, whose slopes are strewn with a multitude of boulders that include minerals such as mica, amphibolite and eclogite.C. Michael Hogan (2008) Ring Mountain, The Megalithic Portal, ed. Andy Burnham [http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=19244] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610100125/http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=19244 |date=2011-06-10 }}