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One tourist guide in 1974 stated, “Entertainment is the first purpose of this well-known Palos Verdes show place. Here’s a rare opportunity to see a ‘killer whale’ leaping 18 feet out of the water to grab a fish from the teeth of its trainer, a dolphin jumping through a fire-ringed hoop, or a sea lion crooning a tune.” [2]
The Palos Verdes Peninsula ... Point Vicente Park is a popular spot for watching the migration of gray whales to and from their breeding lagoon in Baja California.
Abalone Cove, Portuguese Bend, Rancho Palos Verdes, California. Abalone Cove State Marine Conservation Area (SMCA) and Point Vicente State Marine Reserve (SMR) are two adjoining marine protected areas that extend offshore in Los Angeles County on California's south coast. The two marine protected areas cover 19.87 sq mi (51.5 km 2). The marine ...
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An aerial view of a new section of rocky shoreline shows where the seafloor has been forced upward in the surf zone by the force of landslide movement, on Sept. 3, 2024, in Rancho Palos Verdes ...
The Old Whaling Station at Portuguese Bend was located in what is now Portuguese Bend in Rancho Palos Verdes, California in Los Angeles County. [1] Portuguese Captain Frank Anderson processed 2,166 barrels of whale oil at this Historic Landmark from 1874 to 1877. In 1877 the station was abandoned.
A decades-long landslide has reshaped a 240-acre part of Palos Verdes Peninsula known as Portuguese Bend. Rancho Palos Verdes is mounting a plan to slow it.
The Point Reyes Lighthouse attracts whale-watchers looking for the gray whale migrating south in mid-January and north in mid-March. Elephant seal at Drakes Bay. When Elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) established a rookery in 1981, Point Reyes National Seashore became the only park in the world with breeding ungulates and pinnipeds.