Morro Rock

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Morro Rock is a prominent volcanic plug and coastal landmark located at the entrance to Morro Bay on California’s central coast.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Morro Rock canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf landmark ⓘ
natural monument ⓘ
volcanic plug ⓘ
accessPolicy climbing prohibited ⓘ
interior closed to public ⓘ
age Miocene ⓘ
surface form: Miocene epoch

about 23 million years ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The Gibraltar of the Pacific ⓘ
CaliforniaHistoricalLandmarkNumber 821 ⓘ
composition igneous rock ⓘ
connectedTo mainland by causeway ⓘ
designatedAs bird sanctuary ⓘ
elevation 177 meters ⓘ
581 feet ⓘ
formedBy volcanic activity ⓘ
geologicalType dacite plug ⓘ
governedBy California Department of Parks and Recreation ⓘ
Morro Bay ⓘ
surface form: City of Morro Bay (tidelands trust areas)
hasFeature rock quarry scars on north side ⓘ
hasUse navigation reference for mariners ⓘ
importantHabitatFor peregrine falcon ⓘ
seabirds ⓘ
isCoastalLandmarkOf Central Coast of California ⓘ
surface form: California’s central coast
isSymbolOf Morro Bay ⓘ
liesWithin Morro Bay National Estuary vicinity ⓘ
locatedAt entrance to Morro Bay harbor ⓘ
locatedIn California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Morro Bay ⓘ
San Luis Obispo County ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
namedBy Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo ⓘ
nameMeaning “morro” means “crown-shaped hill” or “promontory” in Spanish ⓘ
near Morro Bay ⓘ
surface form: City of Morro Bay

Morro Rock Beach ⓘ
Morro Strand State Beach ⓘ
orientation western edge of Morro Bay harbor entrance ⓘ
overlooks Pacific Ocean ⓘ
partOf Morro Bay State Park ⓘ
Nine Sisters ⓘ
photographySubject popular landscape photography site ⓘ
protectedAs State Historic Landmark ⓘ
quarryingCeased 1960s ⓘ
tourismRole major tourist attraction ⓘ
visibleFrom Highway 1 ⓘ
volcanicField Morro–Islay volcanic field ⓘ
wasIslandUntil causeway construction in 1930s ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Morro Bay → hasFeature → Morro Rock ⓘ
Morro Bay → knownFor → Morro Rock ⓘ
Morro Bay → hasLandmark → Morro Rock ⓘ
Morro Bay → hasVolcanicFeature → Morro Rock ⓘ