Drake Bay
Bahía Drake is a small bay on the north side of the Osa Peninsula on the coast of southwestern Costa Rica. This bay is believed to be a port used by Sir Francis Drake during his raids on the Spanish Main in the 16th century and the location of one of the British pirate's fabled hidden treasures.
- Type: Bay
- Description: small bay on the north side of the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica
- Also known as: “Bahia Drake”, “Bahía Drake”, and “Sierpe Bay”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bahía Drake Airport.
Bahía Drake Airport
Aerodrome
Drake Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Puntarenas Province, South Pacific Costa Rica, Costa Rica, Central America, North America
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Latitude
8.7047° or 8° 42′ 17″ north
Longitude
-83.655° or 83° 39′ 18″ west
Open location code
66WRP83V+VX
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
Discover Drake Bay from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Drake Bay” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Bahía Drake”
- Dutch: “Agujitas”
- French: “baie de Drake”
- French: “Baie de Drake”
- Japanese: “ドライク・ベイ”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Bahía Drake”
- Norwegian: “Bahía Drake”
- Spanish: “Bahia Drake”
- Spanish: “Bahía Drake”
- Swedish: “Bahía Drake”
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