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Southeast Farallon Islands (from nautical chart of 1957) A Fata Morgana mirage of the Farallon Islands, as viewed from San Francisco. The Farallon Islands (/ f æ r ə l ɔː n / FA-ra-lon), [2] or Farallones (from Spanish farallón 'pillar, sea cliff'), are a group of islands and sea stacks in the Gulf of the Farallones, off the coast of San Francisco, California, United States.
Yellowtail rockfish over boot sponges in the Greater Farallones National Marine Sacntuary.. The Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary (formerly Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary) protects the wildlife, habitats, and cultural resources of one of the most diverse and bountiful marine environments in the world, an area of 3,295 square miles off the northern and central ...
It extends westward from the opening of the San Francisco Bay and Drakes Bay to the Farallon Islands. Most of the gulf lies in Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary, which protects about 1,250 square miles (3,200 km 2). The gulf is home to major shipping lines to the Port of San Francisco, Port of Oakland, and Port of Richmond.
The Farallon plate began subducting under the west coast of the North American plate—then located in modern Utah—as Pangaea broke apart and after the formation of the Pacific plate at the center of the triple junction during the Early Jurassic. It is named for the Farallon Islands, which are located just west of San Francisco, California.
Farallon was founded by Tom Steyer in January 1986 with $15 million in seed capital. [1] Before starting Farallon, Steyer had worked for San Francisco-based private equity firm Hellman & Friedman, as a risk arbitrage trader under Robert Rubin at Goldman Sachs, and in Morgan Stanley's corporate mergers and acquisitions department.
The Fort Ross colony included a sealing station on the Farallon Islands off San Francisco. [20] By 1818 Fort Ross had a population of 128, consisting of 26 Russians and of 102 Native Americans. [ 5 ] : 181 The Russians maintained it until 1841, when they left the region. [ 21 ]
Farallon Island Light, lighthouse on Southeast Farallon Island, California; Farallon Islands, group of islands and rocks in the Gulf of the Farallones, off the coast of San Francisco, California, USA Farallon Steamship Disaster, wooden steamship hit Black Reef in the Farallon Islands in 1910 and sank in Alaska
Farallon Island Light is a lighthouse on Southeast Farallon Island, California. One of the highest lights in California, it was constructed in 1855 to warn ships approaching San Francisco from the west away from the rocky islands. In later years it was shorn of its lantern, but it remains in use.