King Salmon, California

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King Salmon is an unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California, United States.[1] The small fishing enclave, which has a Eureka zipcode (but is outside the city limits), is nonetheless part of Greater Eureka. It is also the site of the Humboldt Bay Power Plant. Primarily containing summer homes or vacation homes, it is located on Buhne Point directly across from the entrance to Humboldt Bay,[2] 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Fields Landing,[3] at an elevation of 3 feet (0.91 m).[1]

References [edit]

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: King Salmon
  2. ^ Madge Caughman; Joanne S. Ginsberg (1987). The California Coastal Resource Guide. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-06186-6. Retrieved 23 March 2013. 
  3. ^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. p. 88. ISBN 978-1-884995-14-9. 

Coordinates: 40°44′21″N 124°13′07″W / 40.73917°N 124.21861°W / 40.73917; -124.21861