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Place Name
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Monterey Peninsula
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Place Status (Type)
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peninsula
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Location
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California, United States, North America
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Latitude
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unknown
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Longitude
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unknown
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Monterey Peninsula
, W Calif., rugged, almost square peninsula
jutting 4 mi/6.4 km NW into the Pacific bet.
Monterey Bay (N) and Carmel Bay (S). Communities of Monterey, Pacific
Grove, Del Monte Forest, Del Ray Oaks, Pebble Beach, Carmel, Asilomar,
other resorts. Seventeen-Mile Drive is a scenic toll road around shore.
Point Pinos (lighthouse), is N tip; Cypress Point its W
extremity; Pescadero Point in S. Pebble Beach, site of world golf
classics, and other popular golf courses; Asilomar and Monterey state
beaches in N.
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