Editing Golden Gate (section)

{{Short description|Strait between the Marin and San Francisco peninsulas in California, United States}}
{{About|the strait|the bridge|Golden Gate Bridge|other uses}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2012}}
{{Infobox body of water
| name               = Golden Gate
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| other_name         = Chrysopylae<br />Boca del Puerto de San Francisco
| image              = Wpdms usgs photo golden gate.jpg
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| caption            = A map showing the location of the Golden Gate strait
| image_bathymetry   = Scientific_Investigations_Map_2917.jpg
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| caption_bathymetry = Perspective view looking southwest over the Golden Gate Bridge toward the Pacific Ocean.
| location           = Between San Francisco Peninsula and Marin Headlands
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| coordinates        = {{coord|37.81|-122.50|region:US-CA_type:waterbody|display =inline,title}}
| type               = strait
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| width              = {{convert|3|mi}}
| min_width          = {{convert|1.1|mi|km}}
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| max-depth          = {{convert|115|m|ft|sp=us}}<ref name="under bridge">{{cite web|title=Under the Golden Gate Bridge - Views of the Sea Floor Near the Entrance to San Francisco Bay, California|url=https://pubs.usgs.gov/sim/2006/2917/|website=pubs.usgs.gov|publisher=Department of the Interior|access-date=28 November 2017}}</ref>
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| cities             = [[San Francisco]], CA
| pushpin_map             = San Francisco Bay Area
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The '''Golden Gate''' is a [[strait]] on the west coast of North America that connects [[San Francisco Bay]] to the [[Pacific Ocean]].<ref name="USGS">{{cite web|title=GNIS Detail - San Francisco Bay|url=https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:3:0::NO:3:P3_FID%2CP3_TITLE:1654951%2CSan+Francisco+Bay|website=geonames.usgs.gov|publisher=U.S. Department of the Interior|access-date=28 November 2017|language=en-us|archive-date=December 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201041728/https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:3:0::NO:3:P3_FID%2CP3_TITLE:1654951%2CSan+Francisco+Bay|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is defined by the headlands of the [[San Francisco Peninsula]] and the [[Marin Headlands|Marin]] Peninsula, and, since 1937, has been spanned by the [[Golden Gate Bridge]]. The entire shoreline and adjacent waters throughout the strait are managed by the [[Golden Gate National Recreation Area]].<ref>{{cite journal|title=SAN FRANCISCO NORTH, CA|journal=USGS US Topo 7.5 - Minute Map|date=2015|url=https://store.usgs.gov/product/495928|access-date=29 November 2017|language=en}}</ref>