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Cabrillo National Monument
Point Loma, San Diego
Sunset Cliffs, San Diego. Coordinates: 32°43′47.02″N 117°15′09.21″W. A swimming beach at the base of the Sunset Cliffs. Sunset over the Pacific Ocean, as seen from Sunset Cliffs. Sunset Cliffs is an affluent coastal community in the Point Loma community of San Diego, California. It is bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the west, Ocean ...
16. Whaling Station Site. Ballast Point Peninsula. 11/6/1970. Shore station where whale blubber was boiled down for the oil in the 1850s and 1860s, halfway out on the inner beach of Ballast Point. 17. Lighthouse of 1854. Cabrillo National Monument. 32°40′19″N 117°14′26″W.
November 6, 1970 [ 3 ] The original Point Loma Lighthouse is a historic lighthouse located on the Point Loma peninsula at the mouth of San Diego Bay in San Diego, California. It is situated in the Cabrillo National Monument. It is no longer in operation as a lighthouse but is open to the public as a museum.
Shelter Island, San Diego
Naval Base Point Loma (NBPL) is a United States Navy base in Point Loma, a neighborhood of San Diego, California. It was established on 1 October 1998 when Navy facilities in the Point Loma area of San Diego were consolidated under Commander, Navy Region Southwest. Naval Base Point Loma consists of seven facilities: Submarine Base, Naval Mine ...
It was first lighted on March 23, 1891, replacing the Old Point Loma Lighthouse which is atop the 400 feet (120 m) cliffs of Point Loma; the old lighthouse was often obscured by fog. The new light is only 88 feet (27 m) above the water. The first lighthouse keeper was Robert Decatur Israel, who had been keeper at the old lighthouse for 18 years.