Palos Verdes
| Palos Verdes | ||
 The Palos Verdes Peninsula in the Los Angeles area as well as the southern limit of Santa Monica Bay |
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| Coordinates | 33 ° 45 ′ 31 ″ N , 118 ° 20 ′ 45 ″ W | |
| Waters 1 | Pacific Ocean | |
| Waters 2 | Santa Monica Bay | |
| surface | 100 km² | |
Palos Verdes is an approximately 100 km² peninsula in Los Angeles County south of Los Angeles , California ( South Bay Area). It marks the southern end of Santa Monica Bay .
Since it is located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area , Palos Verdes is largely built on with residential developments consisting of single-family houses. On it are the suburbs of Palos Verdes Estates , Rancho Palos Verdes , Rolling Hills , Rolling Hills Estates and, on the eastern edge, the southernmost district of Los Angeles, San Pedro . That gives a total of about 70,000 inhabitants.
Due to the elevated position of the peninsula, Palos Verdes offers a good view of the Pacific and is therefore very popular both as a residential area and among day-trippers. There are now two golf courses on Palos Verdes , and the coast is popular with water sports enthusiasts, especially surfers .
geography
The suburbs of Los Angeles Torrance and Lomita border the cities on Palos Verdes in the north . To the east, the southern extension of the city of Los Angeles marks the border. Palos Verdes is bounded to the south, west and northwest by the Pacific Ocean , which forms the Santa Monica Bay to the north and northwest.
history
Palos Verdes was originally populated by the Tongva Indian tribe . They were discovered and described by the Portuguese explorer Juan Cabrillo in 1542. The country later became part of Spain. In 1784 Palos Verdes became part of the 305 km² Rancho San Pedro , which stretched north and east from Palos Verdes and which the Spanish soldier Juan Jose Dominguez was given by the Spanish Kingdom. Don Jose Dolores Sepulveda, who also owned land in this region, acquired a large part of Rancho San Pedro in 1827, which roughly corresponds to the Palos Verdes peninsula. He named this area Rancho de los Palos Verdes ( ranch / pasture of green trees ). After further changes of ownership, the land went to investors from New York towards the end of the 19th century, who built horse farms and housing developments on the peninsula. Palos Verdes Estates was the first city to be established here. It was also one of the first in the Los Angeles area to be designed entirely on the drawing board ( planned city ).
Personalities
- Rick Griffin (1944–1991), artist and comic strip artist
- Tracy Austin (born 1962), tennis player
- Lindsay Davenport (* 1976), tennis player
