Bodega Bay
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| Location in California | |||
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | California | ||
| County : | Sonoma County | ||
| Coordinates : | 38 ° 19 ′ N , 123 ° 3 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 ) | ||
| Residents : | 1,077 (as of 2010) | ||
| Population density : | 49.6 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 21.7 km 2 (approx. 8 mi 2 ) of which 21.7 km 2 (approx. 8 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 17 m | ||
| Postal code : | 94923 | ||
| Area code : | +1 707 | ||
| FIPS : | 06-07260 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1658093 | ||
Bodega Bay is a politically dependent settlement, which is listed as a census-designated place , on the shallow bay of the same name in the Pacific Ocean on the coast in the north of the US state of California . Bay and town with 1,077 inhabitants (as of 2010) are about 85 kilometers northwest of San Francisco and 32 kilometers southwest of Santa Rosa . The region is part of Sonoma County . The area is earthquake prone as the San Andreas Fault is underwater just offshore .
history
The Spanish naval officer Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra discovered the bay in 1775; However, the Miwok and Pomo Indians had lived in this region for a long time . Russian fur hunters established their first base in 1809, which from 1812 onwards developed into an important loading port for the Russian trading post Fort Ross , some 30 km to the north, and was maintained until 1841. The Russians named the place after the incumbent Russian Foreign Minister and Chancellor Nikolai Petrovich Rumyantsev Rumyantsev Bay . The remaining inhabitants operated a port until 1870. At the end of the 1950s, a nuclear power plant was planned in Bodega Bay, where the world's first successful anti-nuclear protest was ignited.
The bay became known to a wider public as the location for Alfred Hitchcock's film The Birds (1963). The school building used for outdoor shots is, however, in the village of Bodega, about eight kilometers inland .
economy
Most of the inhabitants of the place live from fishing or tourism . So the bay is a good starting point to watch the whale migrations that take place twice a year.
Location
Bodega Bay was the location for several famous films:
- The Birds (1963) ; With the exception of the opening sequence filmed in San Francisco, most of the scenes and all exterior shots were filmed in the two cities of Bodega and Bodega Bay.
- The Pack - The Pack (1977) ; shot in Bodega Bay.
- The Fog (1980)
- The Goonies (1985) ; some scenes were filmed on the Sonoma Coast and Bodega Bay.
- Puppet Master (1989) ; the first two, fourth and fifth parts take place in Bodega Bay.
- Sleepwalker (1992) ; the opening scene was filmed in Bodega Bay.
Web links
- further information and pictures on CityData.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Joachim Radkau: A short history of the German anti-atomic force movement. (PDF) In: From Politics and Contemporary History. Bundestag.de, November 14, 2011, accessed December 10, 2011 .