California
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San Luis Obispo County

Morro Bay

Morro Bay is in in the region of . The town is best known for the massive 581-foot volcanic rock at the entrance to the harbour.
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  • Type: Town with 10,100 residents
  • Description: city in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States
  • Also known as: “El Morro Bay”, “Mono Bay”, “Moro Bay”, “Morro”, “Morro Bay, CA”, “Morro Bay, California”, and “Morro Beach”
  • Postal codes: 93442 and 93443

Places of Interest

Highlights include El Morro and Black Hill.

Peak
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Morro Rock is a volcanic plug in Morro Bay, California, on the at the entrance to Morro Bay harbor. A causeway connects it with the shore, making it a tied island. The rock is protected as the Morro Rock State Preserve.

Peak
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is a mountain situated in Morro Bay, California, part of . It is one of a series of volcanic plugs called the Nine Sisters.

Museum
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The is a natural history museum in , Morro Bay, California, , opened in 1962.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Los Osos.

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is an unincorporated community located in . The community is combined with Baywood Park. means "The Bears" in Spanish.

Morro Bay

Latitude
35.3658° or 35° 21′ 57″ north
Longitude
-120.8499° or 120° 50′ 60″ west
Population
10,100
Elevation
62 feet (19 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US MJK
Open location code
847X9582+82
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150966457
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5374920
Wiki­data ID
Q605491
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Morro Bay” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “موررو باي، سان لويس أوبيسبو، كاليفورنيا”
  • Arabic: “موررو بي”
  • Arabic: “مورو باي”
  • Basque: “Morro Bay”
  • Bulgarian: “Мороу Бей”
  • Catalan: “Morro Bay”
  • Cebuano: “Morro Bay”
  • Chechen: “Морро-Бей”
  • Chinese: “Morro Bay”
  • Chinese: “加州莫羅灣”
  • Chinese: “莫罗湾”
  • Chinese: “莫罗贝”
  • Croatian: “Morro Bay”
  • Czech: “Morro Bay”
  • Danish: “Morro Bay”
  • Dutch: “Morro Bay”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مورو باى”
  • Esperanto: “Morro Bay”
  • Finnish: “Morro Bay”
  • French: “Morro Bay”
  • German: “Morro Bay”
  • Gilaki: “مؤرؤ بی”
  • Haitian: “Morro Bay, Kalifòni”
  • Haitian: “Morro Bay”
  • Hebrew: “מורו ביי”
  • Hungarian: “Morro Bay”
  • Icelandic: “Morroflói”
  • Indonesian: “Morro Bay, California”
  • Irish: “Morro Bay”
  • Italian: “Morro Bay”
  • Japanese: “モロ・ベイ”
  • Japanese: “モロ湾 (カリフォルニア)”
  • Korean: “모로베이”
  • Ladin: “Morro Bay”
  • Latvian: “Morobeja”
  • Macedonian: “Моро Беј”
  • Malagasy: “Morro Bay, Kalifornia”
  • Malagasy: “Morro Bay”
  • Mazanderani: “مورو بی (کالیفورنیا)”
  • Mazanderani: “مورو بی”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Morro Bay”
  • Newari: “मोर्रो बे (क्यालिफोर्निया)”
  • Newari: “मोर्रो बे, क्यालिफोर्निया”
  • Newari: “मोर्रो बे”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Morro Bay”
  • Norwegian: “Morro Bay”
  • Persian: “مورو بی، کالیفرنیا”
  • Persian: “مورو بی”
  • Polish: “Morro Bay”
  • Portuguese: “Morro Bay”
  • Russian: “Морро-Бей”
  • Serbian: “Моро Беј”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Morro Bay, California”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Morro Bay”
  • Slovak: “Morro Bay”
  • South Azerbaijani: “مورو بی، کالیفورنیا”
  • Spanish: “Morro Bay (California)”
  • Spanish: “Morro Bay”
  • Swedish: “Morro Bay”
  • Tagalog: “Morro Bay, California”
  • Tagalog: “Morro Bay”
  • Tatar: “Морро-Бей”
  • Turkish: “Morro Bay, Kaliforniya”
  • Turkish: “Morro Bay”
  • Ukrainian: “Морро-Бей”
  • Urdu: “مورو بے، کیلیفورنیا”
  • Volapük: “Morro Bay”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Morro Bay, California”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Morro Bay”

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