Terminal Island
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Terminal Island (The western half being formerly known as Rattlesnake Island and East San Pedro) is an artificial island located in Los Angeles County, California between Los Angeles Harbor and Long Beach Harbor. It hosts canneries, shipyards, and a federal prison. The Long Beach Naval Shipyard once took up a major portion of the island, but the base has been recently decommissioned. The Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach are the major landowners on the island, who then lease much of their land for container terminals and bulk terminals. Sea Launch has their docking facilities on the mole that was part of the naval station.