Liberty Island
According to the United States Census Bureau, the island has a land area of , which is the property of the federal government. Liberty Island is located in the Upper New York Bay within the waters of Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey. It is one of the islands that are part of the borough of Manhattan in New York. The historical developments which led to this construction made Liberty Island an exclave of one state, New York, in another, New Jersey. Liberty Island is east of Liberty State Park in Jersey City and is southwest of the Battery in Lower Manhattan.