Stone Lagoon | |
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Location | Humboldt County, California |
Coordinates | 41°14′37″N 124°05′40″W / 41.24361°N 124.09444°W |
Type | lagoon |
Primary inflows | McDonald Creek |
Primary outflows | Pacific Ocean |
Basin countries | United States |
Max. length | 2.0 mi (3 km)[1] |
Max. width | 0.7 mi (1 km)[1] |
Surface elevation | sea level |
Stone Lagoon (Yurok language: Chah-pekw O'Ket-toh) is the second of three similar lagoons within Humboldt Lagoons State Park, along the coast of Humboldt County, California.
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.