Liberty
Island, formerly called Bedloe's Island,
is a small uninhabited island in Upper
New York Bay in the United States,
best known as the location of the
Statue of Liberty. The name Liberty
Island has been in use since the early
20th century, although the name was
not officially changed until 1956.
Before the Statue of Liberty, Bedloe's
Island was the home to Fort Wood,
an eleven pointed star-shaped battery
made of granite. Because of this,
its nickname was "Star Fort".
The island is the property of the
federal government and is operated
by the National Park Service. It is
accessible to the public only by ferry—
either from Battery Park in Manhattan
or Liberty State Park in Jersey City,
New Jersey. It is separated from nearby
Ellis Island by approximately 1 mi
(1.6 km).
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