South Bay
The South Bay is the part of the Bay Area to the south of San Francisco Bay and to the southeast of the San Francisco Peninsula in California. The South Bay is the core of Silicon Valley, where many famous technology companies are located.| Tap on the map to travel |
Popular Destinations
San Jose
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Often called "the Capital of Silicon Valley", San Jose is the largest city in the Bay Area, 3rd largest in California, and the 10th largest city in the United States.
Palo Alto
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Palo Alto is a bustling suburb in Santa Clara County south of the city of San Francisco.
Cupertino
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Cupertino is a city in Silicon Valley at the southern tip of the San Francisco Bay.
Destinations
Mountain View
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Mountain View in California is located in the heart of the Silicon Valley.
Sunnyvale
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Sunnyvale is a city in the South Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, in California.
Los Gatos
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Los Gatos is a town of 30,000 people in Santa Clara County, near San Jose, California in the foothills of the Santa Cruz mountains.
Milpitas
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Milpitas is in the South Bay region of the Bay Area of California.
Gilroy
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Gilroy is in the southern part of Santa Clara County south of San Jose in California.
Los Altos
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Los Altos is in Santa Clara County, in the South Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area in California.
Campbell
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Campbell is a city in Santa Clara County, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Morgan Hill
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Morgan Hill is a city in Santa Clara County, California, at the southern tip of Silicon Valley, in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Los Altos Hills
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Los Altos Hills is a town in Santa Clara County, California.
Lick Observatory
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The Lick Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the University of California.
South Bay
- Type: region
- Description: southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in California
- Location: Bay Area, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude of centre
37.23° or 37° 13' 48" northLongitude of centre
-121.74° or 121° 44' 24" westWikidata ID
Q3271856South Bay Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: جنوب الخليج
- Basque: South Bay
- Bulgarian: Южен залив
- Bulgarian: Южния залив
- Esperanto: Suda Golfo
- German: South Bay
- German: South Bay Area
- Hebrew: אזור סאות' ביי
- Hebrew: סאות' ביי
- Italian: San Francisco South Bay
- Japanese: サウスベイ
- Slovenian: Južni zaliv
- Spanish: Sur de la Bahia
- Spanish: Sur de la Bahía
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page South Bay. Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.