Point Mugu, California
| Point Mugu | |
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| Unincorporated community | |
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View of Pacific Ocean at Point Mugu | |
  Point Mugu Location within the state of California | |
| Coordinates: 34°5′8″N 119°3′36″W / 34.08556°N 119.06000°WCoordinates: 34°5′8″N 119°3′36″W / 34.08556°N 119.06000°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Ventura |
| Time zone | Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| ZIP codes | 93042 |
| Area code(s) | 805 |
| GNIS feature ID | 247643[1] |
Point Mugu /muːˈɡuː/, California (Chumash: Muwu, "Beach" [2]) is a cape or promontory within Point Mugu State Park on the Pacific Coast in Ventura County, near the town of Port Hueneme and the city of Oxnard. The park has 5 miles (8 km) of shoreline and more than 70 miles (110 km) of hiking trails.[3] The name is believed to be derived from the Chumash Indian term "Muwu", meaning "beach", which was first mentioned by Cabrillo in his journals in 1542.[4] It is also a name applied to the nearby Naval Air Station—NAS Point Mugu—a test range facility known by various names over the years, including Pacific Missile Test Center and Naval Air Missile Test Center.
Mugu Rock
The Mugu Rock is a distinctive feature of the coastal headland promontory that has been featured in many film shoots and television commercials. The Rock was formed when a path for the Pacific Coast Highway was cut through the mountain. It marks a western end of the Santa Monica Mountains, and the old Rancho Guadalasca boundary.
It is a popular but dangerous place for fishing, sightseeing, cliff diving, and rock climbing up the sheer sides of the rock itself.[5] On Thanksgiving, November 27, 2008 three young men from nearby Oxnard, California were swept to sea and killed by a rogue wave while surf watching from Mugu Rock.[6]
The ZIP code is 93042, and the area is inside area code 805.
References
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Point Mugu
- ↑ McCall, Lynne; Perry, Rosalind (2002). California’s Chumash Indians : a project of the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Education Center (Revised ed.). San Luis Obispo, Calif: EZ Nature Books. ISBN 0936784156.
- ↑ "Point Mugu State Park" California Department of Parks and Recreation
- ↑ Navy Pt Magu Archived February 12, 2005, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ John Scheibe (2008-01-16). "Despite hazard, Mugu Rock cliff is a lure for fishermen". Ventura County Star.
- ↑ "3 who died off Point Mugu are ID'd". Los Angeles Times. 2008-11-29.
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