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Drake's Bay

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Drake's Bay inlet of the Pacific Ocean, formed by the San Andreas fault, W Calif., NW of San Francisco. Point Reyes forms its outer arm. The bay was visited by Sir Francis Drake in 1579.


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