Golden Gate Strait

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Golden Gate Strait is the narrow Pacific Ocean inlet that connects the ocean to San Francisco Bay and serves as the natural channel spanned by the Golden Gate Bridge.


Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf narrow inlet
strait
adjacentCity San Francisco
adjacentCounty Marin County
San Francisco County
adjacentLandmark Fort Point
Marin Headlands
Presidio of San Francisco
adjacentProtectedArea Golden Gate National Recreation Area
bay San Francisco Bay
bodyOfWaterType Pacific Ocean inlet
coastGuardSector U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Francisco
connectsBodyOfWater Pacific Ocean
San Francisco Bay
country United States
easternTerminusOf Pacific Ocean coastal waters off San Francisco
formsNaturalChannelFor Golden Gate Bridge
hasHazard complex currents
heavy fog reducing visibility
strong tidal rips
hasStructureOver Golden Gate Bridge
locatedInRegion Northern California
San Francisco Bay Area
locatedOnCoastOf California coast
namedBy John C. Frémont
nameInspiredBy Golden Horn in Istanbul
nameLanguage English
nearHarbor Port of Oakland
Port of San Francisco
nearIsland Alcatraz Island
Angel Island
notableFor frequent fog
heavy marine traffic
strong tidal currents
ocean Pacific Ocean
partOf San Francisco Bay estuary system
partOfShippingRoute Trans-Pacific shipping lanes
separates Marin Peninsula
San Francisco Peninsula
spannedBy Golden Gate Bridge
state California
tourismAttractionFor bridge viewing
sightseeing cruises
usedFor commercial shipping
maritime navigation
recreational boating
waterwayFunction entrance to San Francisco Bay
westernTerminusOf San Francisco Bay

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Golden Gate Bridge
crosses
Fort Point National Historic Site
designedToDefend
Golden Gate Bridge
namedAfter

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