Humboldt Bay
Humboldt Bay is a natural bay and a multi-basin, bar-built coastal lagoon located on the rugged North Coast of California, entirely within Humboldt County, United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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.
Humboldt Bay Nuclear Power Plant
Power station
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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 Eureka, California, in an area referred to as King Salmon and Fields Landing.
Samoa Field
Aerodrome
Samoa Field Airport formerly Eureka Municipal Airport is a city-owned, public airport 2 miles west of Eureka, on the northern peninsula of Humboldt Bay in Humboldt County, California, United States.
Fort Humboldt State Historic Park
Park
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Fort Humboldt State Historic Park is a California state park, located in Eureka, California, 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.
Spruce Point
Hamlet
Humboldt Hill is a census-designated place in Humboldt County, California, 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.
King Salmon
Hamlet
Photo: Ellin Beltz, Public domain.
King Salmon is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California, United States, located on the shore of Buhne Point directly across from the entrance to Humboldt Bay, slightly south of Eureka and 1 mile north of Fields Landing, at an elevation of 3 feet.
Fields Landing
Hamlet
Fields Landing is a census-designated place in Humboldt County, California. It is located on Humboldt Bay 6 miles south-southwest of downtown Eureka, at an elevation of 13 feet. The ZIP Code is 95537. The population was 287 at the 2020 census.
Humboldt Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Humboldt County, North Coast, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.74985° or 40° 44′ 60″ northLongitude
-124.20951° or 124° 12′ 34″ westElevation
-13 feet (-4 metres)Open location code
84GQPQXR+W5OpenStreetMap ID
node 369163614OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“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”
- 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”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Bi’murr and Sunset.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Red Bluff and Humboldt Bay Forest Products.
Humboldt County: Must-Visit Destinations
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