Drakes Bay

Drakes Bay is an 8-mile-wide bay along the on the coast of northern in the , approximately 30 mi northwest of at approximately 38 degrees north latitude.
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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

Latitude
38.01187° or 38° 0′ 43″ north
Longitude
-122.91916° or 122° 55′ 9″ west
Elevation
-20 feet (-6 metres)
Open location code
84CV236J+P8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 369162260
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Geo­Names ID
5343928
Wiki­data ID
Q1134602
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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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