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    Point Arguello (Spanish: Punta Argüello) is a headland on the Gaviota Coast, in Santa Barbara County, California, near the city of Lompoc. The area was...
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    Point Arguello Lighthouse is a lighthouse on Point Arguello in Santa Barbara County, California, serving the Santa Barbara Channel on the Gaviota Coast...
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    including Point Pedernales 2015 USGS 7.5-minute image map for Point Arguello Point Pedernales nautical chart (NOAA 18720) The area of Honda Point is extremely...
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    accompanied by a map, showing the locations of offshore petroleum seeps from Point Arguello (north of Santa Barbara) to Mexico. Offshore drilling began in California...
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  • José Darío Argüello (1753–1828) was a Querétaro-born Californio politician, soldier, and ranchero. He served as interim Governor of Alta California and...
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  • Aaron Pryor vs. Alexis Argüello, billed as The Battle of the Champions, was a boxing fight for the WBA world Junior Welterweight title. The contest's nickname...
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    Rivers that empty into the Pacific Ocean between the Golden Gate and Point Arguello, arranged in order from north to south. For details of the San Mateo...
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    Argüello (Spanish pronunciation: [aɾˈɣweʎo]) is a Spanish surname, most commonly associated with the early settlers in the cities of Granada, Nicaragua...
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    The Santa Ynez Mountains begin as a series of volcanic hills near Point Arguello, and gradually transitions eastward into a single, well-defined ridge...
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    the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, and Launch Complexes 1 and 2 at Point Arguello (now SLC-3 and 4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base). The earliest Agena variant...
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    the ranch, the Point Arguello Light was based there, which in 1967 was replaced by an automated light. There was also the Point Arguello LORAN station...
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    for over a year and the program now moved to the West Coast, with Point Arguello's SLC-3 1-2 being its base of operations. During this interval, two CORONA...
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    Shipwreck of SS Harvard on Point Arguello, California, 1931...
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    Western Pacific. The other West Coast stations were in California at Point Arguello, Point Saint George, Farallon Islands and San Diego. Since the 1960s, Bainbridge...
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  • launch due to resonance problem. 11 October 20:33 Atlas LV-3A Agena-A Point Arguello LC-1-1 US Air Force Samos E-1 1 (Samos 1) US Air Force Intended: Sun-synchronous...
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    doing during their missions. SAMOS 1 launch took place from PALC 1-1 (Point Arguello Launch Complex - later absorbed into the main launch center at Vandenberg...
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    spacecraft down in the Pacific, if necessary. He also alerted controllers at Point Arguello, California, to be ready to initiate retrofire as MA-5 passed over their...
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  • Canton Island, Republic of Kiribati (CTN) 12) Kauai, Hawaii (HAW) 13) Point Arguello, California (CAL) 14) Guaymas, Mexico (GYM) 15) White Sands, New Mexico...
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    Oil Point. Goleta Point is a nearby extension into the channel. Point Arguello, a headland near the city of Lompoc, was the site of the Honda Point disaster...
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  • the Point Arguello Naval Air Station, however no launches were made from the site whilst it was part of Point Arguello. Following the merger of Point Arguello...
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    1963, a restructuring returned major sections of this range, including Point Arguello, to the Air Force. This move gave the Air Force full responsibility...
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  • The Arguello slender salamander (Batrachoseps wakei) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. It is endemic to California, where it is...
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    Point (see also Honda, California, Honda Point disaster, and Vandenberg Space Force Base) Point Arguello (see also Point Arguello Light) Rocky Point Point...
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  • July Successful Apogee: 203 kilometres (126 mi) 14 July 17:45 Nike-Asp Point Arguello LC-A US Navy NASA Suborbital Solar 14 July Successful Apogee: 200 kilometres...
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  • have New Glenn do polar launches from Vandenberg Space Force Base at Point Arguello, California. Initially, they had their eyes set on Space Launch Complex...
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    Harvard resumed commercial service, but she was stranded and wrecked at Point Arguello, California, on 30 May 1931. sister ship SS Yale (1906) Per Naval Historical...
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  • (North Truro)) Point Arguello (United States, 34°37′12″N 120°36′00″W / 34.62000°N 120.60000°W / 34.62000; -120.60000 (Point Arguello)) Point Barrow(United...
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  • available life jackets and all three attempted to swim to a pocket beach on Point Arguello. After Pickett made shore he swam back out to assist both of the USGS...
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    of 20 centimeters or 7.9 inches. To fish for spiny lobster south of Point Arguello, a sport fishing license with ocean enhancement stamp must be displayed...
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  • Byerly suggested an epicenter location about 80 km (50 mi) west of Point Arguello based on studying the P and S wave signals on seismographs. This calculation...
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