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Area map of Governors Island National Monument in New York. The monument is on an island labeled and shaded in light green with the surrounding land in beige and the river in blue. To the left of the monument are two more islands, also green.

Extended Description

The Governors Island National Monument sits on an island in the Upper New York Bay near where the Hudson River and East River meet. The northern half of the island is highlighted in green and labeled Governors Island Historic District.

Within the green highlight is a darker patch of green. On the right side of the darker green patch is a star-shaped marker labeled Fort Jay. On the left side of the darker green patch is a black dot labeled Castle Williams. A blue dashed line labeled Ferry travels north from the island to the southern tip of Manhattan, where the ferry docks at the Battery Maritime Building near the Castle Clinton National Monument in Battery Park.

Brooklyn lies east of the island and the coastline of New Jersey lies to the west. Two islands near the New Jersey coast are the Ellis Island Immigration Museum and Statue of Liberty, which together comprise Statue of Liberty National Monument.

Legend

A scale in the bottom right corner of the map measures distances of 0.5 kilometers and 0.5 miles.