Alcatraz Island is the site of the abandoned federal prison, the oldest operating lighthouse on the West Coast of the United States, early military fortifications, and natural features such as rock pools and a seabird colony (mostly western gulls, cormorants, and egrets). According to a 1971 documentary on the history of Alcatraz, the island measures by and is at highest point during mean tide. The total area of the island is reported to be .
alcatraz island is the site of the abandoned federal prison the oldest operating lighthouse on the west coast of the united states early military fortifications and natural features such as rock pools and a seabird colony (mostly western gulls cormorants and egrets) according to a 1971 documentary on the history of alcatraz the island measures by and is at highest point during mean tide the total area of the island is reported to be 