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Big Lagoon (California)
Lagoon in Humboldt County, California / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Big Lagoon is the southernmost and largest of three similar lagoons within Humboldt Lagoons State Park, along the coast of Humboldt County, California.
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Big Lagoon | |
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![]() Kayaks at the south end of Big Lagoon | |
Location | Humboldt County, California |
Coordinates | 41°11′00″N 124°07′00″W |
Type | Lagoon |
Primary inflows | Maple Creek |
Primary outflows | Pacific Ocean |
Basin countries | United States |
Max. length | 3.8 mi (6 km)[1] |
Max. width | 1.4 mi (2 km)[1] |
Surface area | 1,470 acres (5.9 km2)[2] |
Max. depth | 22 feet (6.7 m)[2] |
Shore length1 | 9 miles (14 km)[2] |
Surface elevation | 20 feet (6.1 m)[2] |
Frozen | No |
1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure. |
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It is located between Trinidad to the south and Orick at the mouth of Redwood Creek to the north.
The lagoons are shallow bays between rocky headlands where coastal wave action has formed a sandy bar separating each lagoon from the Pacific Ocean. The lagoons are resting areas for migratory waterfowl using the Pacific Flyway between Lake Earl on the Smith River estuarine wetlands 40 miles (64 km) to the north and Humboldt Bay on the Mad River estuarine wetlands 30 miles (48 km) to the south.
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