The Statue of Liberty is located on Liberty Island in new york Harbor, near the mouth of the Hudson River. The full name of this statue is "Statue of Liberty National Monument", and the official name is "Freedom to Illuminate the World". This is a gift from France to the United States to commemorate the friendship between France and the United States. It was created by the famous sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and erected in new york Harbor on 1886. The Statue of Liberty is not only a symbol of new york City, but also a symbol of the hope of new immigrants in the United States. The Statue of Liberty weighs 450,000 pounds, is 46 meters high and its base is 45 meters high. The whole bronze statue consists of 1.20 tons of steel as the skeleton, 80 tons of copper as the outer skin, and 300,000 rivets assembled and fixed on the bracket, with a total weight of 225 tons.