Alcatraz Island
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Alcatraz Island (sometimes just called Alcatraz or The Rock). is a small island in San Francisco Bay in California. It was first a lighthouse, then a military fort, then a military prison followed by a federal prison. In 1963, it became a museum. The name Alcatraz is the English version of the Spanish word "Alcatraces" meaning "pelican".it was given the name pelican when a Spanish explorer, John Manuel de Ayala, noticed the great amount of pelicans roosting on the island.