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Bodega Marine Lab from the south, looking across Horseshoe Cove of Bodega Bay
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| Location | Sonoma County, California |
| Coordinates | 38°19′3″N 123°4′19″W / 38.31750°N 123.07194°W / 38.31750; -123.07194 |
| Area | 362 acres (0.566 sq mi) |
| Governing body | University of California, Davis |
| Website | https://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.[1]
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.[2]
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