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Alcatraz  

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  • Alcatraz is a twelve-acre rocky island in the middle of San Francisco Bay. The prison located there was named after the island, which lent the prison its well-known nickname of “The Rock.” Getting to the island requires a one-mile ferry ride from San Francisco's Fisherman Wharf. [Source: Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment; Alcatraz]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-LB6RKSNZ-Z

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