Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary (Calif.)
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Name (Hebrew)
המקלט הימי הלאומי מפרץ פאראלונס (קליפורניה)
Name (Latin)
Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary (Calif.)
Other forms of name
nne Point Reyes-Farallon Islands National Marine Sanctuary (Calif.)
Coordinates
-123 -123 37.8 37.8 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
Marine parks and reserves California
National parks and reserves California
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q5617591
Library of congress:
sh 85103923
Sources of Information
- Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary Web site, Aug. 10, 2007(The Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary encompasses 948 sq. nautical miles of water off the California coastline west of San Francisco and includes offshore marine regions of the Gulf of the Farallones and the nearshore waters of Bodega Bay, Tomales Bay, Estero de San Antonio, Estero Americano, and Bolinas Lagoon.)
- Cornell University Law School Legal Information Institute Web site, Aug. 10, 2007:U.S. Code collection (Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary (former Point-Reyes-Farallon Islands National Marine Sanctuary))
Wikipedia description:
The Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary (formerly Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary) protects the wildlife, habitats, and cultural resources of one of the most diverse and bountiful marine environments in the world, an area of 3,295 square miles off the northern and central California coast. The waters within Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary are part of a nationally significant marine ecosystem, and support an abundance of life, including many threatened or endangered species.
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