Monterey Bay

Summary

Monterey Bay is a bay^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of bay entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (534 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Monterey Bay is in the country of United States^[3].
• Monterey Bay is on the body of water Pacific Ocean^[4].
• Monterey Bay's image is recorded as South Monterey Bay.jpg^[5].
• Monterey Bay's instance of is recorded as bay^[6].
• Monterey Bay's inflows is recorded as Salinas River^[7].
• Monterey Bay's inflows is recorded as Pajaro River^[8].
• Monterey Bay's inflows is recorded as Aptos Creek^[9].
• Monterey Bay's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 234771689^[10].
• Monterey Bay's GND ID is recorded as 4525142-3^[11].
• Monterey Bay's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85087059^[12].
• Monterey Bay's Commons category is recorded as Monterey Bay^[13].
• Monterey Bay's GNIS Feature ID is recorded as 234322^[14].
• Monterey Bay's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 36.8, 'lon': -121.9}^[15].
• Monterey Bay's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0p81h^[16].
• Monterey Bay's located in/on physical feature is recorded as Central Coast^[17].
• Monterey Bay's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Monterey Bay^[18].
• Monterey Bay's page banner is recorded as Monterey Bay banner White-spotted Rose Anemone.jpg^[19].
• Monterey Bay's U.S. National Archives Identifier is recorded as 10038115^[20].
• Monterey Bay's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Monterey-Bay^[21].
• Monterey Bay's GeoNames ID is recorded as 5374363^[22].
• Monterey Bay's Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names ID is recorded as 1113461^[23].
• Monterey Bay's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Monterey Bay'}^[24].
• Monterey Bay's Quora topic ID is recorded as Monterey-Bay^[25].
• Monterey Bay's Interlingual Index ID is recorded as i85804^[26].
• Monterey Bay's Who's on First ID is recorded as 404529565^[27].

Body

Geography

Monterey Bay is in the country of United States^[3]. It is on the body of water Pacific Ocean^[4].

Designation and Status

Monterey Bay's instance of is recorded as bay^[6].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Monterey Bay include macOS Monterey^[28], an operating system^[29], founded in 2021^[30]; Monterey County^[31], a county of California^[32], in United States^[33], founded in 1850^[34]; and Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary^[35], an United States National Marine Sanctuary^[36], in United States^[37], founded in 1992^[38].

Why It Matters

Monterey Bay ranks in the top 1% of bay entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (534 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[39] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[40]

Entities named for it include macOS Monterey^[28], an operating system^[29], founded in 2021^[30]; Monterey County^[31], a county of California^[32], in United States^[33], founded in 1850^[34]; and Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary^[35], an United States National Marine Sanctuary^[36], in United States^[37], founded in 1992^[38].