Liberty Island

Liberty Island is a small uninhabited island in New York Harbor in the United States. It is best known as the location of the Statue of Liberty. In 1937, by proclamation 2250, President Franklin D. Roosevelt expanded the Statue of Liberty National Monument to include all of Bedloe's Island. In 1956, an act of Congress officially renamed Bedloe's Island, 'Liberty Island'.^[1]

Statue of Liberty on the Liberty Island, New York City, New York, U.S.

Liberty Island is located in the middle of New York Harbor. It is about 2,000 feet (610 meters) from Liberty State Park in New Jersey and 1.6 miles (2.6 km) from Battery Park in Lower Manhattan, New York City. The island covers around 14.7 acres. It can only be reached by ferry. Many tourists visit the island every year to see the Statue of Liberty and learn about its history at the Statue of Liberty Museum.^[2]