Golden Gate
Golden Gate | |
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Chrysopylae Boca del Puerto de San Francisco | |
Location | Between San Francisco Peninsula and Marin Headlands |
Coordinates | 37°49′N 122°30′W / 37.81°N 122.50°W |
Type | strait |
Max. width | 3 miles (4.8 km) |
Min. width | 1.1 miles (1.8 km) |
Max. depth | 115 meters (377 ft)[1] |
Settlements | San Francisco, CA |
The Golden Gate is a strait on the west coast of North America that connects San Francisco Bay to the Pacific Ocean.[2] It is defined by the headlands of the San Francisco Peninsula and the Marin Peninsula, and, since 1937, has been spanned by the Golden Gate Bridge. The entire shoreline and adjacent waters throughout the strait are managed by the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.[3]
Geology
During the
Climate
The Golden Gate is often shrouded in
History
Before Europeans arrived in the 18th century, the area around the strait and the bay was inhabited by Native Americans – the Ohlone people to the south and Coast Miwok to the north. Descendants of both tribes remain in the area.[6][7]
The opening to the strait was surprisingly elusive for early European explorers, presumably due to persistent summer fog. The strait is not recorded in the voyages of
The first recorded observation of the strait occurred nearly two hundred years later than the earliest European explorations of the coast. In 1769, Sgt
Gallery
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The Golden Gate as seen from off "Land's End" in Lincoln Park on the Northwest tip of the San Francisco Peninsula c. 1895
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San Francisco Bay and Golden Gate
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Passing Through the Golden Gate, by William A. Coulter
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Postcard of the Golden Gate, c. 1898–1904
1920s
The U.S. Post Office issued a
Golden Gate Bridge
In 1933 construction began on the
The Bridge was the
The Golden Gate strait serves as the primary access channel for navigation to and from the San Francisco Bay, one of the largest cargo ports in the United States. Commercial ports includes the
For navigational guidance, there are white and green lights on the center of the span of the Golden Gate Bridge.
See also
- Golden Gate, Oakland, California, a neighborhood
- Golden Gate Bridge, which extends across the Golden Gate strait
- Golden Gate National Recreation Area, a national park in the San Francisco Bay Area
- Golden Gate Park in San Francisco
References
- ^ "Under the Golden Gate Bridge - Views of the Sea Floor Near the Entrance to San Francisco Bay, California". pubs.usgs.gov. Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
- ^ "GNIS Detail - San Francisco Bay". geonames.usgs.gov. U.S. Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
- ^ "SAN FRANCISCO NORTH, CA". USGS US Topo 7.5 - Minute Map. 2015. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
- NOAA. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
The tidal and submerged lands within the two parks and marine sanctuary contain approximately 151 shipwrecks.
- ^ James William Steele (1888). Rand, McNally & Co.'s New Overland Guide to the Pacific Coast: California, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Kansas. Rand, McNally. p. 175.
- ^ "The Ohlone are building a new homeland in the East Bay, 1 half-acre at a time". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
- ^ "Another Perspective: Coast Miwok elder wants his Petaluma heritage to be respected". Argus-Courier. August 17, 2022. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
- ^ Eldredge, Zoeth S. The beginnings of San Francisco. San Francisco: Zoeth S. Eldredge, 1912, 31–32.
- ISBN 0-520-24217-3.
- ^ "What is a Name — The Golden Gate?". Golden Gate Bridge. Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
- ^ Juell, Rod. "Arago: 20-cent Golden Gate". arago.si.edu. Smithsonian Postal Museum. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
- ^ "Golden Gate Ship Traffic". Marine Exchange of the San Francisco Bay Region: 2. 2015.
- ^ "Reducing Ship Strike Risk to Whales - Policy and Management". sanctuaries.noaa.gov. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
- ^ "Chart 18649". www.charts.noaa.gov. National Ocean Service. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
- ^ "LIGHT LIST, PACIFIC COAST AND PACIFIC ISLANDS" (PDF). United States Coast Guard. VI: 37. 2017. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
External links
- National Park Service: Discovery of the Golden Gate
- Golden Gate 360 Image (QTVR)
- Golden Gate 360 Image (Java)
- Digitally Restored Panoramic Composited View of The Golden Gate, Fort Point, and San Francisco Bay as seen from "Land's End" near Sutro Heights, c. 1895.
- Adrift, time-lapse video by Simon Christen of fog pouring over the Marin Headlands and through the Golden Gate