Drakes Bay is a wide bay on the coast of northern California , 48 kilometers northwest of San Francisco [1] . Reaches 13 km wide. The bay is named after Francis Drake [2] and is considered the landing site [3] on the west coast of North America during his circumnavigation in 1579. Another name for the bay is Puerto de los Reyes [1] .
| Drake's Bay | |
|---|---|
| English Drakes bay | |
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| Specifications | |
| Bay Type | the bay |
| Location | |
| Upstream water area | Pacific Ocean |
| A country |
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| State | California |
Drake-Estero, an estuary on the Point Reyes Peninsula, flows into the bay. It is protected by the State Marine Reserve of Estero de Limantur and Drake Estero. Drake Bay is also located in the Point Reyes marine reserve. Part of the coastal zone of the bay has archaeological and historical significance. It is believed that Francis Drake moored to this place in 1579 during his trip around the world. Also, the Manila galleon sank here during a storm in 1595. Spanish visits to the California coast were accompanied by cultural exchanges with local coastal miwoks . There are fifteen archaeological sites of the Mivok settlements on the bay, where European goods were discovered, including the remains of a broken galleon [4] . The area was declared a National Historic Site on October 17, 2012 [5] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Drakes Bay . Geonames
- ↑ Gannett, Henry. The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. - 1905.
- ↑ Point Reyes National Seashore California . National Park Service . Date of treatment February 8, 2015.
- ↑ Drakes Bay National Historic Landmark Historic District // University of Wisconsin-Madison. - 2015.
- ↑ Kovner, Guy. Drakes Bay at Point Reyes named national historic landmark // The Press Democrat. - 2012.