SAN FRANCISCO BAY Definition & Meaning

San Francisco Bay

noun

a bay in western California: the harbor of San Francisco; connected with the Pacific Ocean by the Golden Gate strait. 50 miles (80 kilometers) long; 3–12 miles (5–19 kilometers) wide.

San Francisco Bay

noun

an inlet of the Pacific in W California, linked with the open sea by the Golden Gate strait. Length: about 80 km (50 miles). Greatest width: 19 km (12 miles)

San Francisco Bay

Located in northern California ; entered from the Pacific Ocean through a strait called the Golden Gate.

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In recent weeks, three gray whales have died in San Francisco Bay.

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Milstein noted that whales will occasionally swim into Mission Bay in San Diego or San Francisco Bay.

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A hypothetical magnitude-9.3 earthquake near Alaska’s eastern Aleutian Islands could bring a damaging tsunami to the San Francisco Bay Area in about five hours, and to L.A. and Orange counties in about six.

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In 1806, the Russians sailed into San Francisco Bay, essentially on a shopping expedition to feed its outpost in Sitka.

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But her lawyer at the time stated she was "now deceased after a boating accident in the San Francisco Bay area".

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