Monterey Bay
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The Monterey Bay, as seen from space, stretches from Santa Cruz in the north to the Monterey Peninsula in the south
Monterey Bay is a bay of the Pacific Ocean located on the coast of the U.S. state of California. The bay is south of the major cities of San Francisco and San Jose. The county-seat city of Santa Cruz is located at the north end of the bay. The city of Monterey is on the Monterey Peninsula at the south end.
Monterey Bay Media
Gaspar de Zúñiga, 5th Count of Monterrey, namesake of Monterey Bay.
Cormorant "condo" in Monterey Bay
Panorama of Monterey Bay from Jacks Peak Park
Sea otter coming ashore, Moss Landing
Albert Bierstadt, "Bay of Monterey", oil on paper, undated