San Francisco Bay
San Francisco Bay is a large tidal estuary in the U.S. state of California, and gives its name to the San Francisco Bay Area. It is dominated by the cities of San Francisco, San Jose, and Oakland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Bay
- Description: bay of the Pacific Ocean on the California coast of the United States
- Also known as: “Bucht von San Franzisko”, “Drakes Bay”, “La Boca Del Puerto De San Francisco”, “San Francisco Bay, CA”, and “San Francisco Bay, California”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bay Farm Island and South Shore.
Bay Farm Island
Neighborhood
Photo: Dcoetzee, Public domain.
Bay Farm Island is a district of the city of Alameda, California, though it is separated from the rest of the city on Alameda Island by an estuary of San Leandro Bay. Bay Farm Island is situated 3 miles northeast of San Francisco Bay.
South Shore
Neighborhood
South Shore is a neighborhood in Alameda in Alameda County, California. It lies at an elevation of 13 feet. It is located mostly on landfill extending from the original south shore of the island, now a chain of artificial lagoons. South Shore is situated 4 miles north of San Francisco Bay.
West End
Neighborhood
West End is a neighborhood in Alameda in Alameda County, California. It lies at an elevation of 20 feet. It corresponds to the western end of the island prior to its extension by landfill. West End is situated 4½ miles north of San Francisco Bay.
San Francisco Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: San Mateo, California, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover San Francisco Bay from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“San Francisco Bay” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “خليج سان فرانسيسكو”
- Armenian: “Սան Ֆրանցիսկո”
- Basque: “San Frantziskoko badia”
- Belarusian: “Заліў Сан-Францыска”
- Belarusian: “Сан-Францыска”
- Bengali: “সান ফ্রান্সিসকো উপসাগর”
- Breton: “Bae San Francisco”
- Bulgarian: “Залива Сан Франциско”
- Bulgarian: “Сан Франсиско”
- Bulgarian: “Сан Франциско”
- Bulgarian: “Санфранцискански залив”
- Bulgarian: “Санфранциски залив”
- Bulgarian: “Санфранциския залив”
- Bulgarian: “Санфранциският залив”
- Bulgarian: “Санфранцискски залив”
- Catalan: “Badia de San Francisco”
- Cebuano: “San Francisco Bay”
- Chinese: “三藩市灣”
- Chinese: “旧金山湾”
- Chinese: “舊金山灣”
- Czech: “Sanfranciská zátoka”
- Czech: “Sanfranciský záliv”
- Danish: “San Francisco Bay”
- Danish: “San Francisco-bugten”
- Dimli (individual language): “Korfezê San Franciscoy”
- Dutch: “Baai van San Francisco”
- Dutch: “San Francisco Bay”
- Egyptian Arabic: “خليج سان فرانسيسكو”
- Esperanto: “Golfo de San-Francisko”
- Estonian: “San Francisco laht”
- Finnish: “San Francisco Bay”
- Finnish: “San Franciscon lahti”
- French: “baie de San Francisco”
- French: “Baie de San Francisco”
- German: “Bucht San Francisco”
- German: “Bucht von San Francisco”
- German: “Frisco Bay”
- German: “San Francisco Bay”
- Greek: “Κόλπος του Σαν Φρανσίσκο”
- Hakka Chinese: “Khiu-kîm-sân Vân”
- Hakka Chinese: “San Francisco Vân”
- Hebrew: “מפרץ סאן פרנסיסקו”
- Hebrew: “מפרץ סן פרנסיסקו”
- Hungarian: “Frisco Bay”
- Hungarian: “San Francisco Bay”
- Hungarian: “San Franciscó-i öböl”
- Hungarian: “San Francisco-öböl”
- Indonesian: “Teluk San Francisco”
- Indonesian: “Teluk San Fransisco”
- Italian: “baia di San Francisco”
- Italian: “Baia di San Francisco”
- Japanese: “サンフランシスコ湾”
- Kazakh: “Сан-Франциско”
- Korean: “샌프란시스코만”
- Latin: “Sinus Sancti Francisci”
- Latvian: “Sanfrancisko līcis”
- Lithuanian: “San Francisko įlanka”
- Lithuanian: “San Fransisko įlanka”
- Macedonian: “Санфранциски Залив”
- Malay: “Teluk San Francisco”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “San Francisco-bukta”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “San Francisco-bukta”
- Norwegian: “San Francisco-bukta”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Baia de San Francisco”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “San Francisco Byht”
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Sanctfrancis Byht”
- Persian: “خلیج سان فرانسیسکو”
- Persian: “خلیج سانفرانسیسکو”
- Persian: “خلیج سانفرانسیسکو”
- Polish: “Zatoka San Francisco”
- Portuguese: “Baía de San Francisco”
- Portuguese: “Baía de São Francisco”
- Romanian: “Golful San Francisco”
- Romanian: “San Francisco Bay”
- Russian: “Залив Сан-Франциско”
- Russian: “Сан-Франциско (залив)”
- Russian: “Сан-Франциско”
- Serbian: “Залив Сан Франциска”
- Serbo-Croatian: “San Francisco Bay”
- Serbo-Croatian: “San Francisco”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Zaliv San Franciska”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Zaljev San Francisca”
- Slovak: “San Francisco Bay”
- Slovenian: “Sanfranciški zaliv”
- Slovenian: “Zaliv sv. Frančiška”
- Spanish: “Bahia de San Francisco”
- Spanish: “Bahía de San Francisco”
- Spanish: “San Francisco Bay”
- Swedish: “San Francisco Bay”
- Swedish: “San Francisco-bukten”
- Swedish: “San Franciscobukten”
- Tagalog: “Dalampasigan ng San Francisco”
- Tamil: “சான் பிரான்சிஸ்கோ விரிகுடா”
- Thai: “อ่าวซานฟรานซิสโก”
- Turkish: “San Francisco Körfezi”
- Ukrainian: “затока Сан-Франциско”
- Ukrainian: “Сан-Франциско (затока)”
- Ukrainian: “Сан-Франциско”
- Urdu: “خلیج سان فرانسسکو”
- Uzbek: “San Francisco boʻgʻozi”
- Uzbek: “San-fransisko”
- Venetian: “Baja de San Francisco”
- Vietnamese: “vịnh San Francisco”
- Vietnamese: “Vịnh San Francisco”
- Waray (Philippines): “Bahia han San Francisco”
- Welsh: “Bae San Francisco”
- Western Frisian: “Baai fan San Francisco”
- Wu Chinese: “旧金山湾”
- Yue Chinese: “三藩市灣”
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