Bodega Bay
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Bodega Bay is a small shallow, sand-choked inlet of the Pacific Ocean on the coast of northern California in the United States. It is approximately 5 mi (8 km) across and is located approximately 40 mi (64 km) northwest of San Francisco and 20 mi (32 km) west of Santa Rosa. The bay straddles the boundary between Sonoma (north) and Marin (south) counties.
The bay is protected on its north end from the Pacific by Bodega Head, which shelters the small Bodega Harbor, separated from the main bay a small spit of land. The village of Bodega Bay sits on the eastern side of Bodega Harbor. The bay connects on its south end to Tomales Bay.
The bay was the site of Russian fur trading post established in 1811 and was active harbor until the 1870s. Bodega Bay was also the setting of the Alfred Hitchcock film, The Birds.de:Bodega Bay