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Baja California was mistakenly thought to be an island rather than a peninsula. The Californias region, which comprises California and the Baja California Peninsula, includes many coastal islands in the Pacific Ocean. California is in the United States; and the Baja California Peninsula includes the Mexican states of Baja California Sur and ...
Island Image Coordinates Counties Description Bird Rock: 5]: Marin : Small Pacific island west of Tomales Point, primarily a seabird colony. It covers 2 acres (0.81 ha). : Hog Island (Tomales Bay): Marin : A 2-acre (0.81 ha) island in Tomales Bay. : Año Nuevo Island: 6]: San Mateo : Small Pacific island, about 0.2 miles (0.32 km) long, near Año Nuevo (New Year's) Point, south of the Golden ...
Los Negros Island is the third largest of the Admiralty Islands. It is significant because it contains the main airport of Manus Province on its eastern coastline, at Momote . It is connected to Lorengau , the capital of the province, on Manus Island via a highway and bridge across the Lonui Passage, which separates Los Negros from the larger ...
East of the CA 74/U.S. 395 junction, from Romoland-east, was CA 740 (Florida Avenue). The western portion of Route 74 in Orange County follows San Juan Creek and is named the Ortega Highway, after the Spanish explorer Sgt. José Francisco Ortega who led the scouts of the 1769 Portola expedition, first non-natives to ever see the area.
Coastal California is heavily influenced by east–west distances to the dominant cold California Current as well as microclimates.Due to hills and coast ranges having strong meteorological effects, summer and winter temperatures (other than occasional heat waves) are heavily moderated by ocean currents and fog with strong seasonal lags compared to interior valleys as little as 10 mi (16 km) away.
The Orange Coast is the string of cities and neighborhoods fronting the Pacific Coast in Orange County, California. [1] From northwest to southeast, these cities are Seal Beach , Huntington Beach , Newport Beach , Laguna Beach , Dana Point and San Clemente . [ 2 ]
Los Angeles County: 037: Los Angeles: 1850: original: The city of Los Angeles, derived from the original Spanish name El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Angeles del Río de Porciúncula ("The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels of the River of Porziuncola") Charter 9,663,345: 4,060 sq mi (10,515 km 2) Madera County: 039 ...
In the upper Florida Keys Palm Beach Island: 8.12 square miles (21.0 km 2) Palm Beach Barrier island Palm Island: Miami-Dade Artificial island in Biscayne Bay Palm Key: Monroe In Florida Bay: Paradise Island: Osceola In Lake Tohopekaliga Park Key: 70 acres (28 ha) Monroe In the lower Florida Keys Peanut Island: 0.32 square kilometres (0.12 sq ...