The Gibraltar of the Pacific

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coastal landmark rock formation volcanic plug

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

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
The Gibraltar of the Pacific canonical	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	coastal landmark ⓘ rock formation ⓘ volcanic plug ⓘ
approximateAge	about 20 million years ⓘ
atEntranceTo	Morro Bay harbor NERFINISHED ⓘ
belongsTo	California coastal landforms NERFINISHED ⓘ
climbingStatus	generally closed to climbing ⓘ
connectedTo	mainland by causeway ⓘ
elevation	about 176 meters ⓘ about 576 feet ⓘ
formedBy	volcanic activity ⓘ
hasCategory	Landforms of San Luis Obispo County, California ⓘ Tourist attractions in San Luis Obispo County, California ⓘ Volcanic plugs of California ⓘ
hasGeologicalType	igneous rock ⓘ volcanic plug ⓘ
hasMaterial	andesite ⓘ diorite ⓘ
hasName	Morro Rock NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNickname	The Gibraltar of the Pacific NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOfficialName	Morro Rock NERFINISHED ⓘ
isComparedTo	Rock of Gibraltar NERFINISHED ⓘ
islandStatus	formerly an island ⓘ
isSymbolOf	City of Morro Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California Morro Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ San Luis Obispo County NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
locatedOn	Central Coast of California NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific coast of the United States ⓘ
near	Morro Bay State Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Morro Strand State Beach NERFINISHED ⓘ
overlooks	Morro Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ
partOf	Nine Sisters volcanic chain ⓘ
protectedAs	State preserve ⓘ bird sanctuary ⓘ
tourismAttraction	popular sightseeing destination ⓘ
usedFor	navigation landmark ⓘ
visibleFrom	Highway 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ

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

Morro Rock → alsoKnownAs → The Gibraltar of the Pacific ⓘ