Carquinez Strait
The Carquinez Strait is a narrow tidal strait located in the Bay Area of Northern California, United States. It is part of the tidal estuary of the Sacramento and the San Joaquin rivers as they drain into the San Francisco Bay.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Strait
- Description: tidal strait in northern California
- Also known as: “Boca Del Puerto Dulce”, “Carquines Strait”, “Estrecho de Karquines”, “Estrecho de las Karquines”, “Estrecho De Los Karquines”, “Karquenas Strait”, “Karquines Strait”, “Strait of Carquennes”, “Straits of Caquines”, “Straits of Carquines”, “Straits of Carquinos”, “Straits of Kaquines”, “Straits of Karquin”, and “Straits of Karquines”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Carquinez Bridge and Benicia Capitol State Historic Park.
Carquinez Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Doug Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Carquinez Bridge is a pair of parallel bridges spanning the Carquinez Strait at the northeastern end of San Francisco Bay. They form the part of Interstate 80 between Crockett and Vallejo, California, United States.
Benicia Capitol State Historic Park
Park
Photo: Epolk, Public domain.
Benicia Capitol State Historic Park is a state park in Benicia, California, United States. The park is dedicated to California's third capitol building, where the California State Legislature convened from February 3, 1853, to February 24, 1854, when they voted to move the state capital to Sacramento.
Benicia High School
School
Benicia High School is a public high school serving approximately 1,700 students, grades nine through twelve. It is part of the Benicia Unified School District.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Eckley and Port Costa.
Eckley
Hamlet
Photo: Drew Jacksich, CC BY 2.0.
Eckley is an area in Contra Costa County, California, which served as a train-ferry landing for crossings of the Carquinez Strait prior to the opening of the Benicia-Martinez railroad bridge.
Port Costa
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Port Costa is a small town and census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California, located in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area.
Crockett
Village
Photo: Federico Pizano, CC BY 3.0.
Crockett is a census-designated place in Contra Costa County, in the East Bay sub-region of the San Francisco Bay Area, California. The population was 3,242 at the 2020 census.
Carquinez Strait
- Category: body of water
- Location: Solano County, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.0493° or 38° 2′ 58″ northLongitude
-122.19557° or 122° 11′ 44″ westElevation
-13 feet (-4 metres)Open location code
84CV2RX3+PQOpenStreetMap ID
way 668010391OpenStreetMap feature
natural=strait
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to Spanish—“Carquinez Strait” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Carquinez-Stroß”
- Cebuano: “Carquinez Strait”
- Chinese: “卡基尼斯海峡”
- Chinese: “卡奇尼茲海峽”
- Chinese: “卡奎內茲海峽”
- Chinese: “卡奎内兹海峡”
- Czech: “Carquinez Strait”
- Czech: “Úžina Carquinez”
- Dutch: “Carquinez Strait”
- Dutch: “Straat van Carquinez”
- Esperanto: “Markolo Carquinez”
- Finnish: “Carquinezinsalmi”
- French: “Carquinez Strait”
- French: “Détroit de Carquinez”
- Galician: “Estreito de Carquinez”
- German: “Carquinez-Straße”
- Indonesian: “Selat Carquinez”
- Italian: “Stretto Carquinez”
- Italian: “Stretto di Carquinez”
- Japanese: “カーキネス海峡”
- Japanese: “カルキネス海峡”
- Korean: “카르퀴네즈 해협”
- Persian: “تنگه کارکوئینز”
- Portuguese: “Estreito de Carquinez”
- Slovenian: “Carquinez Strait”
- Slovenian: “Carquinezov preliv”
- Spanish: “Estrecho de Carquinez”
- “Carquinez Strait”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Crolona Heights and Glencove.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include S.S. Garden City and Southern Pacific Ferry Terminal.
Solano County: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Vallejo, Fairfield, Vacaville, and Benicia.
Curious Places to Discover
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