Humboldt Bay

Humboldt Bay is a natural bay and a multi-basin, bar-built coastal lagoon located on the rugged of , entirely within , United States.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Bay
  • Description: bay on the North Coast of California, United States
  • Also known as: “Bay of Indians”, “Bay of Rezanof”, “Bay of the Indian”, “Clear Water Bay”, “Humboldt Harbor”, “Humboldt Harbour”, “Mendocino Bay”, “Qual-a-wa-loo”, “Trinity Bay”, “Wike”, and “Wiki”
  • Address: CA

Places of Interest

Highlights include Humboldt Bay Nuclear Power Plant and Samoa Field.

Power station
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Humboldt Bay Power Plant, Unit 3 was a 63 MWe nuclear boiling water reactor, owned by Pacific Gas and Electric Company that operated from August 1963 to July 1976 just south of , in an area referred to as King Salmon and Fields Landing.

Aerodrome
Airport formerly Eureka Municipal Airport is a city-owned, public 2 miles west of , on the northern peninsula of Humboldt Bay in , , United States.

Park
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is a state park, located in , United States. Its displays interpret the former U.S. Army fort, which was staffed from 1853 to 1870, the interactions between European Americans and Native Americans in roughly the same period, logging equipment and local narrow gauge railroad history of the region.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Spruce Point and King Salmon.

Hamlet
Humboldt Hill is a census-designated place in , United States. Humboldt Hill rises to an elevation of 636 feet. The population was 3,498 at the 2020 census, up from 3,414 at the 2010 census.

Hamlet
Photo: Ellin Beltz, Public domain.
is an unincorporated community in , United States, located on the shore of Buhne Point directly across from the entrance to Humboldt Bay, slightly south of and 1 mile north of , at an elevation of 3 feet.

Hamlet
is a census-designated place in , United States. It is located on Humboldt Bay, 6 miles south-southwest of downtown , at an elevation of 13 feet. The ZIP Code is 95537. The population was 287 at the 2020 census.

Humboldt Bay

Latitude
40.74985° or 40° 44′ 60″ north
Longitude
-124.20951° or 124° 12′ 34″ west
Elevation
-13 feet (-4 metres)
Open location code
84GQPQXR+W5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 369163614
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­bay
Geo­Names ID
5565498
Wiki­data ID
Q1636952
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Satellite Map

Discover Humboldt Bay from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Humboldt Bay” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Humboldt Bay (luuk sa Estados Unidos)”
  • Cebuano: “Humboldt Bay”
  • Chinese: “洪堡灣”
  • Dutch: “Baai van Humboldt”
  • Dutch: “Humboldt Bay”
  • Dutch: “Humboldt-baai”
  • French: “baie de Humboldt”
  • French: “Baie de Humboldt”
  • German: “Humboldt Bay”
  • Hebrew: “מפרץ המבולדט”
  • Italian: “Baia di Humboldt”
  • Japanese: “フンボルト湾”
  • Polish: “Zatoka Humboldta”
  • Russian: “Гумбольдт (залив)”
  • Russian: “Гумбольдт”
  • Spanish: “Bahia de Humboldt”
  • Spanish: “Bahía de Humboldt”
  • Turkish: “Humboldt Körfezi”
  • Vietnamese: “vịnh Humboldt”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Red Bluff and Johnny’s At The Beach.

Humboldt County: Must-Visit Destinations

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