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Avalon, Los Angeles County, California, United States


Alternative Names:AVX, Avalon, Shatto, a wa long, abaron, aebeollon, afalwn, awalwn kalyfrnya, aywalwn kylyfwrnya, ebhelana, Авалон, آوالون، کالیفرنیا, أفالون, ایوالون، کیلیفورنیا, एभेलन, アバロン, 阿瓦隆, 애벌론
Type:Populated place - a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work
Mindat.org Region:Santa Catalina Island, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Region:Los Angeles County, California, United States
Latitude:33° 20' 34" N
Longitude:118° 19' 40" W
Lat/Long (dec):33.34281,-118.32785
Köppen climate type:BSk : Cold semi-arid (steppe) climate
Elevation:9m
Population:3,799 (2017)
Mindat Feature ID:5325305
Long-form Identifier:mindat:2:6:5325305:1
GUID:c7c91414-a93d-4de9-a845-666bd6c2b94c
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LocalityLatitudeLongitudeDistanceBearing
Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, Los Angeles County, California, USA33° 20' 34" N118° 19' 40" W0.0km (0.0 miles)
Small Hill Mine, Santa Catalina Island, Los Angeles County, California, USA33° 19' 36" N118° 18' 51" W2.2km (1.4 miles)
Pebble Beach Quarry, Santa Catalina Island, Los Angeles County, California, USA33° 19' 46" N118° 18' 36" W2.2km (1.4 miles)
Renton Mine, East Mountain, Santa Catalina Island, Los Angeles County, California, USA33° 19' 23" N118° 18' 50" W2.5km (1.6 miles)
East Mountain, Santa Catalina Island, Los Angeles County, California, USA33° 19' 5" N118° 19' 5" W2.9km (1.8 miles)
Connolly Pacific Quarry, Santa Catalina Island, Los Angeles County, California, USA33° 19' 5" N118° 18' 24" W3.4km (2.1 miles)
Silver Canyon, Santa Catalina Island, Los Angeles County, California, USA33° 19' 14" N118° 23' 22" W6.2km (3.9 miles)
Black Jack Mountain, Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, Los Angeles County, California, USA33° 23' 12" N118° 24' 2" W8.3km (5.2 miles)
Black Jack Mine (Renton Mine; Renton vein), Black Jack Mountain, Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, Los Angeles County, California, USA33° 23' 7" N118° 24' 19" W8.6km (5.3 miles)
Old Soapstone Quarry, Santa Catalina Island, Los Angeles County, California, USA33° 24' 11" N118° 24' 23" W9.9km (6.2 miles)
Buffalo Springs Weather Station vicinity, Santa Catalina Island, Los Angeles County, California, USA33° 24' 10" N118° 24' 49" W10.4km (6.5 miles)
Santa Catalina airport, Santa Catalina Island, Los Angeles County, California, USA33° 24' 14" N118° 24' 59" W10.7km (6.6 miles)
Empire Landing vicinity, Santa Catalina Island, Los Angeles County, California, USA33° 25' 36" N118° 26' 0" W13.6km (8.4 miles)
Little Harbor, Santa Catalina Island, Los Angeles County, California, USA33° 23' 2" N118° 28' 35" W14.5km (9.0 miles)
Cottonwood Canyon, Santa Catalina Island, Los Angeles County, California, USA33° 22' 33" N118° 28' 45" W14.5km (9.0 miles)
Los Angeles City Quarry, Santa Catalina Island, Los Angeles County, California, USA33° 26' 12" N118° 27' 41" W16.2km (10.1 miles)
Fourth of July Cove (July Harbor), Santa Catalina Island, Los Angeles County, California, USA33° 26' 50" N118° 29' 57" W19.7km (12.3 miles)
Howland Landing, Santa Catalina Island, Los Angeles County, California, USA33° 27' 44" N118° 31' 23" W22.5km (14.0 miles)
Point Fermin, San Pedro, Los Angeles County, California, USA33° 42' 29" N118° 17' 40" W40.8km (25.3 miles)
White Point, San Pedro, Los Angeles County, California, USA33° 42' 51" N118° 19' 0" W41.3km (25.7 miles)
Palos Verdes beach cliffs, Palos Verdes peninsula, Los Angeles County, California, USA33° 43' 31" N118° 20' 35" W42.6km (26.5 miles)
San Pedro, Los Angeles County, California, USA33° 44' 8" N118° 17' 29" W43.8km (27.2 miles)
Livingston Quarry (Livingston Rock and Gravel Co. Quarry), Portuguese Bend area, Palos Verdes Hills (Palos Verdes Cliffs), Palos Verdes peninsula, Los Angeles County, California, USA33° 44' 24" N118° 20' 47" W44.2km (27.5 miles)
Long Point, Palos Verdes Hills (Palos Verdes Cliffs), Palos Verdes peninsula, Los Angeles County, California, USA33° 44' 11" N118° 23' 50" W44.2km (27.5 miles)
Point Vicente (Vicente Pointe), Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles County, California, USA33° 44' 27" N118° 24' 35" W44.9km (27.9 miles)
Rancho Palos Verdes, Los Angeles County, California, USA33° 44' 39" N118° 23' 12" W45.0km (28.0 miles)
Hilltop Quarry, San Pedro, Los Angeles County, California, USA33° 45' 0" N118° 17' 59" W45.4km (28.2 miles)
Palos Verdes Hills (Palos Verdes Cliffs), Palos Verdes peninsula, Los Angeles County, California, USA33° 45' 0" N118° 22' 0" W45.4km (28.2 miles)
Rolling Hills, Palos Verdes peninsula, Los Angeles County, California, USA33° 45' 24" N118° 21' 14" W46.1km (28.7 miles)
Huntington Beach, Orange County, California, USA33° 39' 37" N117° 59' 57" W46.6km (29.0 miles)

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Regions in mindat.org that contain this locality

RegionType
Channel Islands basin, North America PlateBasin
Franciscan Domain, North America PlateDomain
Southern California Borderland Basins, North America PlateBasin
Pacific PlateTectonic Plate
USACountry
California, USAState
Los Angeles County, California, USACounty
Santa Catalina Island, Los Angeles County, California, USAIsland
 
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