Drakes Bay
Drakes Bay is an 8-mile-wide bay along the Point Reyes National Seashore on the coast of northern California in the United States, approximately 30 mi northwest of San Francisco at approximately 38 degrees north latitude.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Bay
- Description: bay on the Point Reyes National Seashore on the coast of northern California in the United States
- Also known as: “Bahia De Don Gaspar”, “Bahia De San Francisco”, “Bay of San Francisco”, “Bay of Sir Francis Drake”, “Drake’s Bay”, “Jack’s Harbor”, “La Baya De San Francisco”, “Puerto de Don Gaspar”, “Puerto De Francisco Drak”, “Puerto De Los Reyes”, “Puerto De San Francisco”, and “Sir Francis Drake’s Bay”
- Address: CA
Drakes Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Marin County, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.01187° or 38° 0′ 43″ northLongitude
-122.91916° or 122° 55′ 9″ westElevation
-20 feet (-6 metres)Open location code
84CV236J+P8OpenStreetMap ID
node 369162260OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Venetian—“Drakes Bay” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Drakes Bay”
- Cebuano: “Drakes Bay”
- Chinese: “德雷克斯湾”
- Chinese: “德雷克斯灣”
- Dutch: “Drakes Bay”
- French: “baie Drakes”
- French: “Drakes Bay”
- German: “Drakes Bay”
- Hebrew: “מפרץ דרייק”
- Hebrew: “מפרץ דרייקס”
- Russian: “Залив Дрейка”
- Spanish: “Bahia Drakes”
- Spanish: “Bahía Drakes”
- Ukrainian: “Затока Дрейка”
- Venetian: “Baja Drakes”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
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