What is the single word name of the island that housed a federal prison from 1934 to 1963?
Alcatraz (disambiguation) Alcatraz Island, or simply Alcatraz, is an island in San Francisco Bay, California.
Bodie Island Bodie Island (pronounced, "body" as in the human body) is a long, narrow barrier peninsula that forms the northernmost portion of the Outer Banks. The land that is most commonly referred to as Bodie Island was at one time a true island, however in 1811 Roanoke inlet that separated it from the Currituck Banks in the north closed. As a result, the Currituck Banks and Bodie Island are now one contiguous peninsula, joined together at the Nags Head area, where the inlet once flowed. Today, either name can be used to refer to peninsula as a whole, but both portions colloquially retain their historical names.