page_title: Coronado, California
section_title: Geography
hierarchical_section_title: Coronado, California / Geography
caption_attribution_description: English: A nice night view of downtown San Diego from Coronado's ferry landing area. Greg Bulla, www.gregbulla.com
context_page_description: Coronado is a resort city located in San Diego County, California, USA, across the San Diego Bay from downtown San Diego. It was founded in the 1880s and incorporated in 1890. Its population was 24,697 at the 2010 census, up from 24,100 at the 2000 census.
  Coronado is an island connected to the mainland by a tombolo - the Silver Strand. The explorer Sebastian Vizcaino gave Coronado its name and drew its first map in 1602. In 2012, Dr. Stephen Leatherman, Director of the Laboratory for Coastal Research, ranked Coronado Beach as the best beach in the United States.
  Coronado is Spanish for "crowned one," and thus it is nicknamed The Crown City. Its name is derived from the four off-shore islands, Los Guatro Martires Coronados. Three ships of the United States Navy have been named after the city, including USS Coronado.
context_section_description: According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 32.7 square miles (85 km²);  20.5 km² (7.9 mi²) of the city is land and 24.7 square miles (64 km²) of it (75.72%) is water.
  Geographically, Coronado is a peninsula and is connected to the mainland by a strip of land called the Silver Strand.  The Silver Strand, Coronado and North Island, form San Diego Bay.  Since recorded history, Coronado was mostly separated from North Island by a shallow inlet of water called the Spanish Bight.  The development of North Island by the United States Navy prior to and during World War II led to the filling of the bight by July 1944, combining the land areas into a single body. The Navy still operates Naval Air Station North Island (NASNI or "North Island") on Coronado. On the southern side of the town is Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, a training center for Navy SEALs and Special warfare combatant-craft crewmen (SWCC). Both facilities are part of the larger Naval Base Coronado complex.  Coronado has increased in size due to dredge material being dumped on its shoreline and through the natural accumulation of sand.  The "Country Club" area on the northwest side of Coronado, the "Glorietta" area and golf course on the southeast side of Coronado, most of the Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, most of the Strand Naval Housing, and most of the Coronado Cays (all on the south side of Coronado) were built on dirt dredged from San Diego Bay.
  On New Year's Day 1937, during the Great Depression, the gambling ship SS Monte Carlo, known for "drinks, dice, and dolls," was shipwrecked on the beach about a quarter mile south of the Hotel del Coronado.
  In 1969, the San Diego–Coronado Bridge was opened, allowing much faster transit between the cities than bay ferries or driving via State Route 75 along the Silver Strand. The bridge is made up of five lanes, one of which is controlled by a moveable barrier that allows for better traffic flow during rush hours. In the morning, the lane is moved to create three lanes going south-bound towards Coronado, and in the evening it is moved again to create three lanes going north-bound towards downtown San Diego.
caption: A view of San Diego from Coronado
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