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San Pedro Bay is an inlet on the Pacific Ocean coast of Southern California, United States. It is the site of the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach , which together form the fifth-busiest port facility in the world (behind the ports of Shanghai , Singapore , Hong Kong , and Shenzhen ) and the busiest in the Americas.
San Pedro Bay may refer to: San Pedro Bay (Philippines), a small bay on Leyte; San Pedro Bay (California), an inlet on the Pacific coast of the United States; San Pedro Bay (Florida), a swamp and wildlife management area in north central Florida; San Pedro Bay (Chile), an open bay in Los Lagos Region
San Pedro Bay grew into one of the world's great ports, and Santa Monica was transformed into a glamorous beach resort, with powerful impacts on the region's urban geography. [2] A 16-mile strip of land (26 km), from Downtown Los Angeles to San Pedro and Wilmington, would soon be part of the City of Los Angeles.
San Pedro was named for St. Peter of Alexandria, as his feast day is November 24 on the ecclesiastical calendar of Spain, the day on which Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo first encountered the San Pedro Bay in 1542. [7] Santa Catalina Island, named after Catherine of Alexandria, was claimed for the Spanish Empire the next day, on her feast day ...
The THUMS Islands are a set of four artificial islands in San Pedro Bay off the coast of Long Beach, California. The THUMS Islands were built in 1965 to tap into the East Wilmington Oil Field . The landscaping and sound walls were designed to camouflage the operation and reduce noise, and they are the only decorated oil islands in the United ...
The South Bay is a region of the Los Angeles metropolitan area, located in the southwest corner of Los Angeles County. The name stems from its geographic location stretching along the southern shore of Santa Monica Bay. The South Bay contains sixteen cities plus portions of the City of Los Angeles and unincorporated portions of the county. The ...
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A Wickes-class destroyer that was sunk as a target off San Pedro. UB-88 United States Navy: 3 January 1921 A Wickes-class destroyer that was sunk as a target off San Pedro. USS Vammen United States Navy: 18 February 1971 Sunk by a Condor missile strike off San Clemente Island. Lat 118-33.0 N, Long 32-54.05 W