Staten Island

Japanese: スタテン[島](英語表記)Staten Island
Staten Island
An island in the New York City area of ​​the United States. It is one of the five boroughs of New York City and was called Richmond until 1975. It has an area of ​​166 km2 and a population of 379,000 (1990). It is surrounded by New York Bay and Newark Bay, and borders New Jersey across a narrow channel. It is connected to Manhattan, about 8 km to the northeast, by ferry, and to the surrounding areas by four bridges, including the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, a huge suspension bridge that connects it to Brooklyn to the east.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
アメリカ合衆国ニューヨーク市の島。ニューヨーク市の5自治区の一つで,1975年まではリッチモンドRichmond区と呼ばれていた。面積166km2,人口37万9000(1990)。ニューヨーク湾,ニューアーク湾などに囲まれ,狭い水路を隔ててニュージャージー州と接する。北東約8kmのマンハッタンとはフェリーで結ばれ,東のブルックリン区との間の巨大な吊橋ベラザノ・ナローズ橋を含む4本の橋で周囲と連絡している。

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