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Where is the statue of liberty really located in new jersey or new york?w? |
Travel Info Where is the statue of liberty really located in new jersey or new york?w? Travel Tips Although Liberty Island is, like Staten Island, closer to New Jersey than to anything in New York, both islands are part of New York. New Jersey owns none of the islands in the harbor except a couple mud flats in the mouth of the Raraitan River. For Liberty Island (formerly Bedloe's Island) the reason is that when it was privately owned (by a man named--da dah--Bedloe), the owner was a resident of the colony of New York. In 1834 Congress brokered an agreement between NY and NJ on ownership of the little islands in the harbor. The issue wasn't important then, as the Statue was still more than half a century in the future. Others new york well the statue is located in staten island (liberty island) and it is in new york. Statue of Liberty is a colossal statue given to the United States by France in 1886, standing at Liberty Island, New York in the mouth of the Hudson River in New York Harbor http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/statue_of_l... It is in new york. Liberty island if you look at the map with the dividing line between ny and nj the statue is in NEW JERSEY, but she faces ny |
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