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Coronado ( Spanish for "Crowned") is a resort city located in San Diego County, California, United States, across San Diego Bay from downtown San Diego. [5] It was founded in the 1880s and incorporated in 1890. Its population was 20,192 in 2020, [6] down from 24,697 in 2010.
Coronado Sur (South Coronado or South Island) is located at , and covers 183 ha (450 acres It is 3.2 km (2.0 mi) long and 800 m (2,600 ft) wide. [1] It has the only bay of the islands, called Puerto Cueva Cove, located one quarter the way down on the east side.
Hotel del Coronado, also known as The Del and Hotel Del, is a historic beachfront hotel in the city of Coronado, just across San Diego Bay from San Diego, California.A rare surviving example of an American architectural genre—the wooden Victorian beach resort—it was designated a California Historical Landmark in 1970 and a National Historic Landmark in 1977.
San Diego–Coronado Bridge. / 32.6865; -117.1583. The San Diego–Coronado Bridge, commonly referred to as the Coronado Bridge, is a prestressed concrete / steel girder bridge fixed-link, crossing over San Diego Bay in the United States, linking San Diego with Coronado, California. [6] The bridge is signed as part of State Route 75 .
John D. Spreckels. John Diedrich Spreckels (August 16, 1853 – June 7, 1926), the son of German-American industrialist Claus Spreckels, founded a transportation and real estate empire in San Diego, California, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The entrepreneur 's many business ventures included the Hotel del Coronado and the San Diego ...
Coordinates: 32.64660°N 117.14790°W. Sign at the north end of Silver Strand. Silver Strand, or simply The Strand, is a low, narrow, sandy isthmus or a human-constructed [1] tombolo 7 miles (11 km) long in San Diego County, California, partially within the Silver Strand State Beach. [2] It connects Coronado Island with Imperial Beach.
Naval Base Coronado. / 32.69917°N 117.21528°W / 32.69917; -117.21528. Naval Base Coronado (NBC) is a consolidated Navy installation encompassing eight military facilities stretching from San Clemente Island, located seventy miles west of San Diego, California, in Los Angeles County, California, to the Mountain Warfare Training Camp ...
Exploration of North America. Francisco Vázquez de Coronado ( Spanish pronunciation: [fɾanˈθisko ˈβaθkeθ ðe koɾoˈnaðo]; 1510 – 22 September 1554) was a Spanish conquistador and explorer who led a large expedition from what is now Mexico to present-day Kansas through parts of the southwestern United States between 1540 and 1542.