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Año Nuevo State Park is the site of one of the largest mainland breeding colonies for the northern elephant seal (another is in Piedras Blancas State Marine Reserve and Marine Conservation Area—100 miles (161 km) south near the town of Cambria and the San Simeon approach to Hearst Castle). The seals attract so much interest that early ...
Cambria area shore. White Rock (Cambria) State Marine Conservation Area (SMCA) is a marine protected area located off the coast of the city of Cambria, California on California’s central coast. The marine protected area covers 2.32 square miles (6.0 km 2). Within the SMCA the take of all living marine resources is prohibited except the ...
Año Nuevo State Park: State park San Mateo: 4,209 1,703 1985 Encompasses Año Nuevo Island and Año Nuevo Point, which boasts the world's largest mainland rookery of northern elephant seals. [7] Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve: State natural reserve Los Angeles: 1,781 721 1976
Piedras Blancas State Marine Conservation Area and seal colony Tidepool at North Moonstone beach, in the southern part of the State Park. Giant Green anemones with black tegula snails. Hearst San Simeon State Park is a state park of California, United States, preserving rocky coast and rare habitats. It is located between Cambria and San Simeon.
Nearby state parks include Año Nuevo State Park, Butano State Park (where many areas are still closed), Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, Natural Bridges State Beach and Wilder Ranch State Park.
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As recently as the 18th century, what is today Año Nuevo Island was a peninsula.It became separated from the mainland by a channel that continues to widen. The island is mainly made up of Miocene shale and deposits from ancient dunes, along with a broad intertidal shelf and low, rocky islets, all of which are frequently altered by the erosive pounding of waves, particularly during winter storms.
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