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Cabrillo Beach | |
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 Cabrillo Beach (1947): beachgoers and breakwater jetty in background to historic Angels Gate Lighthouse | |
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| Coordinates: 33°42′40″N 118°17′02″W / 33.711°N 118.284°W | |
| Offshore water bodies | |
| Age | 1927 |
| Formed by | depositing dredged sand |
| Area | |
| • Total | 370 acres (150 ha) |
Cabrillo Beach is a historic public beach located in San Pedro, Los Angeles, California. It is named after Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, a Spanish explorer who was the first to sail up the California coast.[1] Cabrillo has two separate beach areas.
- ^ Mike Schaadt; Ed Mastro; Cabrillo Marine Aquarium (15 December 2008). San Pedro's Cabrillo Beach. Arcadia Publishing. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-7385-5997-1. Retrieved 28 January 2012.