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  2. Big Sur - Wikipedia

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    Big Sur (/ ˈ s ɜːr /) is a ... The ocean reaches a depth of more than 12,000 feet (3,700 m) just 50 mi (80 km) offshore. Two deep submarine canyons cut into the ...

  3. Big Sur River - Wikipedia

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    The Big Sur River is a 15.7-mile-long (25.3 km) [1] river on the Central Coast of California.The river drains a portion of the Big Sur area, a thinly settled region of the Central California coast where the Santa Lucia Mountains rise abruptly from the Pacific Ocean.

  4. Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary - Wikipedia

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    Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (MBNMS) is a federally protected marine area offshore of California's Big Sur and central coast in the United States. It is one of the largest US national marine sanctuaries and has a shoreline length of 276 miles (444 km) stretching from just north of the Golden Gate Bridge at San Francisco to Cambria in ...

  5. The Big Sur Road Trip: What to See and Do - AOL

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    The beautiful Point Sur Lightstation is a must-stop destination on your Big Sur road trip. Perched on top of a large volcanic rock, the lighthouse and lightstation have been helping ships avoid ...

  6. Jade Cove - Wikipedia

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    Jade Cove is located in the southern area of Big Sur on the California central coast. [1] It contains the only concentrated underwater deposit of quality nephrite jade in the world. [2] Individuals are permitted to collect as much jade as they can personally carry using hand tools up to 90 feet (27 m) deep offshore.

  7. Hwy. 1 on Big Sur coast won’t fully reopen this year ... - AOL

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    Highway 1 will not fully reopen on California’s Big Sur coast in 2024, Kevin Drabinksi, Caltrans public affairs officer said at a news conference at Ragged Point on Sept. 27, 2024. More than a ...

  8. Naval Facility Point Sur - Wikipedia

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    The Sur Submarine Canyon reaches a depth of 3,000 ft (910 m) just 8 mi (13 km) south of Point Sur. [8] NAVFAC Point Sur, constructed in 1957 and commissioned on 8 January 1958, was located adjacent to the Point Sur Lighthouse 25 miles (40 km) south of Monterey, California along Highway 1. Point Sur was established as a stand-alone, self ...

  9. California Indian tribe gets back Big Sur ancestral lands - AOL

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    BIG SUR, Calif. (AP) — A Native American tribe has reclaimed a small part of ancestral lands on California’s scenic Big Sur coast that were lost to Spanish colonial settlement nearly 250 years ...