Bonita Channel

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The Bonita Channel is a shipping channel which leads northbound traffic out of the Golden Gate to the Gulf of the Farallones and Pacific Ocean. [1]

37°49′48″N122°33′33″W / 37.829928°N 122.559143°W / 37.829928; -122.559143 [2]

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