The city of Morro Bay and the village of Los Osos share the bay that has been made famous by Morro Rock.

Nonbreeding adult P. p. resplendens on Morro Rock ( California, USA )

Further examples of volcanic plugs in the United States include Morro Rock, California ; Lizard Head, Colorado ; and Laurel Hill, New Jersey.

It is one, in a group of nine volcanic plugs in the area known as the Nine Sisters, which includes Morro Rock and Bishop Peak.

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The view from the top of Bishop Peak looking towards Morro Rock.

# Morro Rock

Morro Rock at low tide.

The south side of Morro Rock from the entrance of Montaña de Oro State Park

Morro Rock is a volcanic plug located just offshore from Morro Bay, California, at the entrance to Morro Bay Harbor.

The area surrounding the base of Morro Rock can be visited.

The rock is protected as the Morro Rock State Preserve.

In February 1968, the San Luis Obispo County Historical Society and the City of Morro Bay succeeded in having Morro Rock declared California Registered Historical Landmark number 821.

The Salinan and Chumash tribes considered Morro Rock to be a sacred site.

The right of the Chumash people to climb Morro Rock for their annual solstice ceremony is now well established, but it is illegal for the general public to climb it.

Despite protests by the Chumash, Salinan tribe members also have exemption to legally climb Morro Rock for an annual ceremony celebrating the time in legend when hawk and raven destroyed the two-headed serpent-monster Taliyekatapelta, as he wrapped his body around the base of the rock.

Morro Rock is the best known of the Nine Sisters of San Luis Obispo County, a series of ancient volcanic plugs that line the Los Osos Valley between the cities of Morro Bay and San Luis Obispo.

Several types of birds nest on Morro Rock, including three cormorant species and two gull species.

Havana was furnished with the fortress of Castillo de los Tres Reyes Magos del Morro to deter potential invaders, which included the English privateer Francis Drake, who sailed within sight of Havana harbour but did not disembark on the island.

Prehistorically the local area was inhabited by the Chumash people, who settled the coastal San Luis Obispo area approximately 11, 000 to 10, 000 BC, including a large village to the south of Cayucos at Morro Creek.

In the same year, the Morro Castle was built on North Street.

The original favela was erected on the Morro de Castelo in Rio de Janeiro by the families of soldiers returning from the Canudos Campaign

Baldorioty de Castro founded the Partido Autonomista in 1887, but he was only able to work within it for a few months before being imprisoned in Fort San Felipe del Morro, after being accused of publishing propaganda that affected the Spanish government's image.

The ' Lagoa da Saudade ' ( Homesickness Lagoon ), a pond located in one of the aforementioned hills, Morro Nova Cintra, was known to host a kind of caiman.

The attempt failed and he was rearrested near Lenin Park and imprisoned at the notorious El Morro Castle alongside murderers and rapists.

Betancur was born in the vicinity of “ el Morro de la Paila ”, of the town of Amagá, Antioquia.

Prehistorically the local area was inhabited by the Chumash people, who settled the coastal San Luis Obispo area approximately 10, 000 to 11, 000 BC, including a large village south of San Simeon at Morro Creek.

The lighthouse for Pete's Dragon was built on a point above Morro Bay, California, substituting for Maine.

The original plot involved a bomb threat, a shipwreck, and hijinks on a desert island, but, just a few weeks before the show was due to open, a fire on board the passenger ship SS Morro Castle caused the deaths of 138 passengers and crew members.

This landing was called Blue Hill Ranch ( Rancho Morro Azul ) since it was near an elevation that the distance is seen in shades of blue.

A disastrous fire in 1934 aboard the passenger ship SS Morro Castle, in which 134 lives were lost, convinced the U. S. Congress that direct federal involvement in efficient and standardized training was needed.

100 Swiss families were to settle in the Fazenda do Morro Queimado ( Farm of the Burnt Hill ) where the colony of Nova Friburgo was later founded.

She later sang, alongside Brazilian performers BNegão e Seu Jorge, the bossa nova song " Aquele Abraço ", ( roughly translated: " We bid you hello ") closing Rio's presentation for the occasion while Pelé was revealed to be present at the ceremony, disguised as Rio's traditional " Malandro do Morro ".

US 466 was commissioned in 1935, extending from U. S. Route 66 in Kingman, Arizona to the Pacific Ocean at Morro Bay, California.

He was knighted for his bravery at El Morro in 1776.

Named in honor of King Philip II of Spain, the fortification, also referred to as el Morro or promontory, was designed to guard the entrance to the San Juan Bay, and defend the city of Old San Juan from seaborne enemies.

The El Morro or Port San Juan Light was built atop the castillo in 1843, but in 1908, it was replaced by the US military with the current lighthouse.

On March 21, 1915, Lt. Teofilo Marxuach was the officer of the day at El Morro Castle.

Flagpoles on El Morro today customarily fly the United States flag, the Puerto Rican flag and the Cross of Burgundy Flag, also known in Spanish as las Aspas de Borgoña, a standard which was widely used by Spanish armies around the world from 1506 – 1785.

El Morro was used as a film set in the 1996 motion picture Amistad.

El Morro was a defensive military fortification and a major component of San Juan's harbor defense system.