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Bodega Bay is a town, and US census-designated place (CDP) in Sonoma County, California, United States. The population was 1,423 at the 2000 census. The town is on the eastern side of Bodega Harbor, an inlet of Bodega Bay on the Pacific coast.

Bodega Bay is protected on its north end from the Pacific Ocean by Bodega Head, which shelters the small Bodega Harbor, separated from the main bay by a small spit of land. The San Andreas Fault runs parallel to the coastline and bisects Bodega Head - the Head lies on the Pacific Plate while the town is on the North American Plate. The village of Bodega Bay sits on the eastern side of Bodega Harbor. The bay connects on its south end to the mouth of Tomales Bay.

Bodega Bay was discovered in 1775 by the Spanish explorer Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra, after whom it is named. There is some speculation that Bodega Bay may have been Sir Francis Drake's Nova Albion landing location on the California coast.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 21.7 km² (8.4 mi²), all land. North of Bodega Bay lies a long coastal exposure of alternating rock outcrops and sandy beaches which is known as Sonoma Coast State Beach

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