Portuguese Bend
The Portuguese Bend region is the largest area of natural vegetation remaining on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, in Los Angeles County, California. Though once slated for development including the projected route of Crenshaw Boulevard, the area is geologically unstable and is unsuitable for building.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Bay
- Description: bay on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in Rancho Palos Verdes, California
- Address: CA
Places of Interest
Highlights include Trump National Golf Club and Wayfarers Chapel.
Trump National Golf Club
Golf course
Photo: Yuki Shimazu, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Trump National Golf Club, Los Angeles is a public golf club in Rancho Palos Verdes, California with a 7,242-yard course originally designed by Pete Dye, and redesigned by Donald Trump and Tom Fazio.
Wayfarers Chapel
Wayfarers Chapel, or "The Glass Church" is a disassembled chapel designed by Lloyd Wright and originally located in Rancho Palos Verdes, California. The chapel had unique organic architecture sited on a bluff above the Pacific Ocean.
Abalone Cove Ecological Reserve
Nature reserve
Photo: Jim Helvey, CC BY 3.0.
Abalone Cove Ecological Reserve is a nature reserve.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rancho Palos Verdes and Rolling Hills.
Rancho Palos Verdes
Town
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Rancho Palos Verdes is an affluent coastal city in southern Los Angeles County, California, United States. Incorporated on September 7, 1973, the city has a population of 42,287 as reported in the 2020 United States census.
Rolling Hills
Suburb
Photo: Mary DeNeale Morgan, Public domain.
Rolling Hills is a city on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, in Los Angeles County, California, United States. Rolling Hills is a gated community with private roads with three entry gates.
Rolling Hills Estates
Suburb
Photo: Clotee Allochuku, CC BY 2.0.
Rolling Hills Estates is an affluent city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. On the northern side of the Palos Verdes Peninsula, facing Torrance, Rolling Hills Estates is mostly residential.
Portuguese Bend
- Category: body of water
- Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
33.73557° or 33° 44′ 8″ northLongitude
-118.36146° or 118° 21′ 41″ westElevation
112 feet (34 metres)Open location code
8553PJPQ+6COpenStreetMap ID
node 369165033OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
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In Other Languages
“Portuguese Bend” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Portuguese Bend”
- “Portuguese Bend”
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Localities in the Area
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