Ano Nuevo State Reserve - Nuevo National And State Park

Ano Nuevo
California, USA

Fifty-five miles south of San Francisco and the GoldenGate, a low, rocky, windswept point juts out into thePacific Ocean. - The Spanish maritime explorer Sebastian Vizcainosailed by the point on January 3, 1603. His diarist andchaplain of the expedition, Father Antonio de laAscension, named it Punta de A�o Nuevo for the dayon which they sighted it in 1603. New Year's Point. - Today, the point remains much as Vizcaino saw it fromhis passing ship. Lonely, undeveloped, wild. - Elephant seals, sea lions, and other marine mammalscome ashore to rest, mate, and give birth in the sanddunes or on the beaches and offshore islands. It is aunique and unforgettable natural spectacle thathundreds of thousands of people come to witness eachyear. The interpretative program has attractedincreasing interest every winter for the past 20 years.(California State Parks) A�o Nuevo Point was named on January 3, 1603 by Father ... more on GoingToTheBeach.com, Inc.

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