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Santa Monica Mountains

The Santa Monica Mountains are a coastal mountain range in , next to the Pacific Ocean. It is part of the Transverse Ranges. The protects nearly all of this mountain range, and extends beyond it in places.
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  • Type: Mountain with an elevation of 3,041 feet
  • Description: mountain range in Southern California, United States
  • Also known as: “Chuenga”, “Santa Monica Range”, “Sierra De La Monica”, “Sierra De Santa Monica”, “Sierra Monica”, and “Sierra Santa Monica”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Sandstone Peak and Boney Peak.

Scenic viewpoint
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, also known as Mount Allen, is a mountain in . It is the highest summit in the Santa Monica Mountains, with an elevation of 3,114 feet.

Peak
Photo: Justin.Johnsen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Boney Mountain, also known as , is one of the highest peaks in the Santa Monica Mountains. The mountain is located in and is 2,825 feet in height.

Peak
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is the third highest point in the Santa Monica Mountains, with an elevation of 2,953 feet.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Newbury Park and Casa Conejo.

Suburb
Thousand Oaks is a city in in . It is the largest city in the Conejo Valley, which it shares with and Westlake Village, nestled within the . is situated 4½ miles north of Santa Monica Mountains.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated county island in , , United States. It was the first planned community in Newbury Park and began building in 1960. is situated 4½ miles north of Santa Monica Mountains.

Hamlet
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is a small unincorporated community in , United States. Located at the north end of the Malibu coast, the community is just up the coast from . is situated 5 miles south of Santa Monica Mountains.

Santa Monica Mountains

Latitude
34.12028° or 34° 7′ 13″ north
Longitude
-118.93176° or 118° 55′ 54″ west
Elevation
3,041 feet (927 metres)
Open location code
856343C9+47
Geo­Names ID
5393231
Wiki­data ID
Q1229470
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Venetian—“Santa Monica Mountains” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جبال سانتا مونيكا”
  • Catalan: “Muntanyes Santa Monica”
  • Cebuano: “Santa Monica Mountains”
  • Central Kurdish: “چیاکانی سانتا مۆنیکا”
  • Chinese: “圣塔莫尼卡山脉”
  • Chinese: “圣莫尼卡山脉”
  • Chinese: “聖塔莫尼卡山脈”
  • Chinese: “聖莫尼卡山”
  • Chinese: “聖莫尼卡山脈”
  • Czech: “pohoří Santa Monica”
  • Czech: “Pohoří Santa Monica”
  • Czech: “Santa Monica Mountains”
  • Dutch: “Santa Monica Mountains”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “جبال سانتا مونيكا”
  • French: “monts Santa Monica”
  • French: “Monts Santa Monica”
  • German: “Santa Monica Mountains”
  • Hungarian: “Santa Monica Mountains”
  • Hungarian: “Santa Monica-hegység”
  • Icelandic: “Santa Monica-fjallgarðurinn”
  • Indonesian: “Pegunungan Santa Monica”
  • Italian: “Santa Monica Mountains”
  • Japanese: “サンタモニカ丘陵”
  • Japanese: “サンタモニカ山地”
  • Japanese: “サンタモニカ山脈”
  • Ladin: “Santa Monica Mountains”
  • Persian: “کوه‌های سانتا مونیکا”
  • Polish: “Góry Santa Monica”
  • Russian: “Санта-Моника”
  • Slovenian: “Santa Monica Mountains”
  • Spanish: “Sierra de Santa Monica”
  • Spanish: “Sierra de Santa Mónica”
  • Swedish: “Santa Monica Mountains”
  • Tagalog: “Bulubundukin ng Santa Monica”
  • Turkish: “Santa Monica Dağları”
  • Ukrainian: “Санта-Моніка”
  • Urdu: “سانتا مونیکا سلسلہ کوہ”
  • Venetian: “Santa Monica Mountains”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Sandstone Peak and Split Rock.

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