Learning About The Alcatraz Penitentiary
Alcatraz Island is by San Francisco Bay, and it’s a place that once had a military facility. The Alcatraz Penitentiary was there, and it looks the NOAA thought of exploring what was under it. They got to do it by seeking help from Binghamton University archaeologists.
Juan Manuel de Ayala was the Spanish man who reportedly claimed the island in 1775, and he initially named it La Isla de Los Alcatraces or Island of the Pelicans. The 22-acre island has two high points, and the Alcatraz Penitentiary is somewhere between them.