La Brea Tar Pits

The La Brea Tar Pits constitute an active paleontological research site located in urban , California, United States. was established around a cluster of tar pits formed by natural asphalt that has continuously seeped upward from the ground for tens of thousands of years.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: protected area
  • Also known as: “La Brea Tar Pits and Museum”, “Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County”, and “Rancho La Brea”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Pavilion for Japanese Art.

Museum
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
The is an art museum located on Wilshire Boulevard in the Miracle Mile vicinity of Los Angeles. LACMA is on Museum Row, adjacent to the La Brea Tar Pits.

Museum
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The is a part of the containing the museum's collection of Japanese works that date from approximately 3000 BC through the 20th century AD.

Park
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is a city park in the section of the neighborhood in , California. The park's destinations include the La Brea Tar Pits; the adjacent George C.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Miracle Mile and Park La Brea.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood in the city of , . It contains a stretch of Wilshire Boulevard known as Museum Row. It also contains two Historic Preservation Overlay Zones: the HPOZ and the North HPOZ.

Neighborhood
is an apartment community in the Miracle Mile District of , developed by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in 1944.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood in the central region of . It is known for its collection of Ethiopian restaurants, coffee shops, boutiques and thrift stores.

La Brea Tar Pits

Latitude
34.06322° or 34° 3′ 48″ north
Longitude
-118.35639° or 118° 21′ 23″ west
Elevation
197 feet (60 metres)
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
85633J7V+7C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 369164732
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­quarry
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
6946531
Wiki­data ID
Q1147168
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“La Brea Tar Pits” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “حفر قطران لابريا”
  • Azerbaijani: “La Brea Tar Pits”
  • Basque: “La Brea”
  • Bavarian: “La Brea Tar Pits”
  • Catalan: “La Brea pits”
  • Catalan: “Parc La Brea”
  • Catalan: “Pous del Ranxo de la Brea”
  • Catalan: “Ranxo La Brea”
  • Cebuano: “La Brea Tar Pits”
  • Chinese: “拉布雷亞瀝青坑”
  • Czech: “La Brea Tar Pits”
  • Dutch: “La Brea teerputten”
  • Dutch: “La Brea-teerputten”
  • Dutch: “La Brea”
  • Esperanto: “La Brea”
  • Finnish: “La Brean tervahaudat”
  • French: “La Brea Tar Pits”
  • French: “La Brea”
  • Galician: “Rancho La Brea”
  • German: “La Brea Tar Pits”
  • German: “Rancho La Brea”
  • Hebrew: “בורות הזפת בלה בריאה”
  • Hebrew: “בורות הזפת של לה בריאה”
  • Ido: “Gudro-Fosi La Brea”
  • Indonesian: “La Brea Tar Pits”
  • Irish: “La Brea”
  • Italian: “La Brea Tar Pits”
  • Japanese: “ウエストレイクのタール坑”
  • Japanese: “ラ・ブレア・タールピット”
  • Japanese: “ランチョ・ラ・ブレア”
  • Korean: “라브레아 타르 웅덩이”
  • Lithuanian: “La Brea degutduobės”
  • Lithuanian: “Rančo la Brea degutduobės”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “La Brea Tar Pits”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “La Brea”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rancho La Brea”
  • Norwegian: “La Brea Tar Pits”
  • Persian: “رنچو لا بریا”
  • Polish: “La Brea Tar Pits”
  • Polish: “Rancho La Brea”
  • Portuguese: “La Brea Tar Pits”
  • Portuguese: “La Brea”
  • Portuguese: “Poços de betume de La Brea”
  • Romanian: “La Brea Tar Pits”
  • Russian: “Ранчо Ла-Бреа”
  • Spanish: “Pozos de asfalto de La Brea”
  • Spanish: “Pozos de brea de La Brea”
  • Swedish: “La Brea”
  • Swedish: “LaBrea”
  • Turkish: “La Brea Katran Çukurları”
  • Ukrainian: “Ранчо Ла-Брея”
  • Western Frisian: “Tarreputten fan La Brea”

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