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The San Francisco Peninsula is a peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area that separates San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean. On its northern tip is the City and County of San Francisco . Its southern base is Los Altos and Mountain View , in Santa Clara County , south of Palo Alto and north of Sunnyvale .
They run parallel to the Pacific Coast from the North San Francisco Bay Area to coastal Del Norte County. The Klamath Mountains, including the Siskiyou Mountains sub-range, lie to the north and northeast. The Southern Coast Ranges lie to the south. Outer Northern Coast Ranges: King Range meets the sea on the Lost Coast.
This is a list of landmark coastal peninsulas of the U.S. state of California, ordered north to south.Unless otherwise noted, source is plate 144 from the Atlas of the War of the Rebellion, drawn 1867, and published 1895.
San Francisco is decidedly a Northern California city and Los Angeles is a Southern California one but areas in between do not often share their confidence in geographic identity. The US Geological Survey defines the geographic center of California about 7.1 miles (11.4 km) driving distance from the United States Forest Service office in the ...
The northernmost portion of the Santa Cruz Mountains, north of Half Moon Bay Road (), is known as Montara Mountain; the middle portion is the Sierra Morena, which includes a summit called Sierra Morena, [3] and extends south to a gap at Lexington Reservoir; south of the gap, the mountain range is known as the Sierra Azul.
The "Peninsula" subregion includes the cities and towns on the San Francisco Peninsula, excluding the titular city of San Francisco. Its eastern half, which runs alongside the Bay, is highly populated, while its less populated western coast traces the coastline of the Pacific Ocean and is known for its open space and hiking trails.
San Francisco Bay Area geography stubs (10 C, 80 P) Pages in category "Geography of the San Francisco Bay Area" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total.
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