Drakes Bay (Coast Miwok: Tamál-Húye) is a 4 mi (6 km) wide bay named so by U.S. surveyor George Davidson in 1875 along the Point Reyes National Seashore on the coast of northern California in the United States, approximately 30 mi (50 km) northwest of San Francisco at approximately 38 degrees north latitude.[2] The bay is approximately 8 mi (13 km) wide. It is formed on the lee side of the coastal current by Point Reyes. The bay is named after Sir Francis Drake[3] and has long been considered Drake's most likely landing spot[4] on the west coast of North America during his circumnavigation of the world by sea in 1579. An alternative name for this bay is Puerto De Los Reyes.[2]
The bay is fed by Drake's Estero, an expansive estuary on the Point Reyes peninsula. The estuary is protected by Estero de Limantour State Marine Reserve & Drakes Estero State Marine Conservation Area. Point Reyes State Marine Reserve & Point Reyes State Marine Conservation Area lie within Drakes Bay. Like underwater parks, these marine protected areas help conserve ocean wildlife and marine ecosystems.
A portion of the coastal area of Drakes Bay is archaeologically and historically important. It is believed to be the site of Francis Drake's 1579 landfall (which he called New Albion), and also the location where a Spanish Manila galleon sank during a storm in 1595. Both Drake and the Portuguese commander of the galleon, Sebastião Rodrigues Soromenho, interacted with the local Coast Miwok. There are fifteen archaeological sites on the bay of Miwok settlements where European trade goods have been found, including materials that the Miwok probably recovered from the wrecked galleon.[5] The region was designated a National Historic Landmark District on October 17, 2012.[6][7]
View of Drakes Bay from Drake's beach
View of Drakes Bay from Elephant Seal Overlook trail
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& Drakes Estero State Marine Conservation Area. Point Reyes State Marine Reserve & Point Reyes State Marine Conservation Area lie within DrakesBay. Like...
Limantour Spit winds up on a narrow sandy beach, from which Drakes Beach can be glimpsed across DrakesBay. North Beach and South Beach are often windswept and...
waters of the Estero flow into DrakesBay between Drakes Beach and a narrow strip of land called Limantour Spit. Drakes Estero is a congressionally designated...
on 17 June 1579, when he and his crew landed on the Pacific coast at DrakesBay in Northern California. While encamped there, he had friendly relations...
The DrakesBay Formation is a geologic formation in California. It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period. Earth sciences portal California...
Camp Hydle also called DrakesBay Range was a large training center during World War II, located at DrakesBay, on what is now Point Reyes National Seashore...
Tomales). Francis Drake is thought to have landed in nearby Drakes Estero in 1579. Members of the Vizcaíno Expedition found the Bay in 1603, and thinking...
DrakesBay Oyster Company was an oyster farm and restaurant formerly located at the shoreline and in Drakes Estero at 38°04'57.3"N 122°55'55.0"W, a bay...
Drake. These include Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, DrakesBay, Drakes Estero, and Drakes Beach. Fringe theories on the location of New Albion Drake's Plate...
The bay is fed by Bolinas Lagoon, a large inner harbor protected from the main bay by a spit of land, known as Stinson Beach. Along with nearby Drakes Bay...
north of the Bay Area, in the Lost Coast. The expedition followed the coast southward and on November 7 the San Agustin anchored in DrakesBay, and claimed...
likely N. de Morena who was left at New Albion at DrakesBay in Marin County, California, by Sir Francis Drake in 1579 and then walked to Mexico. The first...
California. Dedicated in 1894, it commemorates Francis Drake’s landing in New Albion at nearby DrakesBay and the first use of the Book of Common Prayer in...
The DrakeBay Formation is a Pliocene stratigraphic unit in California. In 1993, paleontologists excavated a whale skeleton associated with fossil shark...
had annual meetings at DrakesBay and invited speakers related to Drake’s landing. In 1949, the Society erected a cross at Drake’s Beach. Services from...
Seashore. The cape protects DrakesBay on its southern side. The headland is largely drained by Drakes Estero. DrakesBay and Drake's Estero are named after...
Guild’s research supports the long-standing conclusion that Drake’s “Nova Albion” is at DrakesBay, California. The Guild's efforts build on the research of...
analyzing the variation in the tides in the cove called Drakes Estero. Critics of the Drakes Estero theory have maintained that the geography of the cove...
area for England as "Nova Albion." Drake's landing place has often been theorized to be at what is now called DrakesBay, northeast of the western terminus...
other records were lost, the officially accepted location is now called DrakesBay, on Point Reyes south of Cape Mendocino. By the 18th century, it was understood...
instrumental in the recognition as DrakesBay becoming a National Historic Landmark acknowledging the place where Francis Drake careened his ship. Von der Porten...
Francis Drake Association". Retrieved 16 July 2020. "To Drake'sBay". San Rafael: Daily Independent Journal. August 23, 1954. "Guide to the DrakesBay National...
coast. It extends westward from the opening of the San Francisco Bay and DrakesBay to the Farallon Islands. Most of the gulf lies in Gulf of the Farallones...
Drake Maye (born August 30, 2002) is an American football quarterback for the New England Patriots of the National Football League (NFL). Maye played...
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