Bodega Marine Reserve

Bodega Marine Reserve
Bodega Marine Lab from the south, looking across Horseshoe Cove of Bodega Bay
Map showing the location of Bodega Marine Reserve
Map showing the location of Bodega Marine Reserve
Map showing the location of Bodega Marine Reserve
Map showing the location of Bodega Marine Reserve
LocationSonoma County, California
Coordinates39°18′25″N 123°3′58″W / 39.30694°N 123.06611°W / 39.30694; -123.06611
Area362 acres (0.566 sq mi)
Governing bodyUniversity of California, Davis
Websitehttps://marinescience.ucdavis.edu/bml/bmr

Bodega Marine Reserve is a 362-acre (146 ha) nature reserve and marine reserve on the coast of northern California, located in the vicinity of the Bodega Marine Laboratory on Bodega Head. It is a unit of the University of California Natural Reserve System, administered by the University of California, Davis.

Features

The reserve is adjacent to Bodega Bay and the open Pacific Ocean, on a peninsula in rural western Sonoma County.

Natural hazards of the area include high cliffs, sleeper waves, white sharks, poison oak, Lyme disease, hantavirus, skunks, and mountain lions.

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