World Directory, North America, United States, California, San Diego

The beach area south of Crystal Pier is known as Pacific Beach. This beach continues south for over two miles, becoming Mission Beach and then South Mission Beach, eventually ending at the channel entrance to Mission Bay. This long beach, known as The Strand, lies directly adjacent to the residential and commercial areas of the Pacific Beach and Mission Beach communities. It is the most popular beach in the City of San Diego and draws large crowds in summer. North Pacific Beach continues to the north, but is visually separated by Crystal Pier, a publicly accessible fishing pier.

World Directory, North America, United States, New Jersey, Ocean County

Beach Haven Gardens is situated between Spray Beach and Beach Haven Terrace and is bordered by 27th Street and 34th Street. As you travel Northeast towards Ship Bottom and the Causeway, the street numbers jump from 34th Street to 133rd as you leave Beach Haven Gardens and enter Beach Haven Terrace. This is because the streets Southwest of 34th were numbered from Beach Haven's Centre Street, while the roads beyond Beach Haven Gardens were numbered from Division Street in Surf City.

World Directory, North America, United States, California, Los Angeles County

Hermosa Beach is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 18,566 at the 2000 census. 2006 population estimates are 19,435.

World Directory, North America, United States, California, Orange County

Seal Beach is a city in Orange County, California, located in the north-westernmost corner of Orange County.

World Directory, North America, Canada, British Columbia, Vancouver Island

A village that offers both a sheltered inner harbour and a magnificent vistas of the open Pacific Ocean from the Wild Pacific Trail. From the sheltered inner harbour, watch the bustle of the fishing and charter vessels, spot the ever present bald eagles as they soar overhead, and keep an eye out for the sealions, harbour seals and river otters. The Unique view of the rocky shoreline from the open Pacific Wild Pacific Trail offers a spectacular view and breathtaking winter storm watching. Fun!

World Directory, North America, United States, California, San Diego

Mission Beach is a community on a stretch of sandbar along the Pacific Ocean to the west and Mission Bay to the east in San Diego. The main artery through Mission Beach is Mission Boulevard, which is divided into South Mission, a peninsula, and North Mission.

World Directory, North America, United States, California, Orange County Seal Beach ,

The Pacific Inn Hotel is located just a few blocks from the ocean in beautiful Seal Beach, offering a Pet Friendly hotel with 71 guest rooms, all non-smoking with private balconies. The Seal Beach Pier, 30 local restaurants, The Aquarium and Long Beach are nearby attractions to the Pacific Inn Hotel in Seal Beach.

World Directory, North America, United States, California, Orange County

Located in Orange County between Newport Beach, Long Beach and Anaheim's Disneyland, Huntington Beach features pleasant weather, the famous Huntington Beach Pier, beautiful sunsets, huge beaches, bike riding or jogging paths next to the ocean and supreme surfing.

World Directory, Global Travel by Continent, Global Travel by Country, Pacific Ring of Fire, Pacific Ring of Fire

The Pacific Ring of Fire or just The Ring of Fire is an area where large numbers of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur in the basin of the Pacific Ocean. In a 40,000 km (25,000 mi) horseshoe shape, it is associated with a nearly continuous series of oceanic trenches, volcanic arcs, and volcanic belts and/or plate movements. The Ring of Fire has 452 volcanoes and is home to over 75% of the world's active and dormant volcanoes. It is sometimes called the circum-Pacific belt or the circum-Pacific seismic belt.

World Directory, Australia, Australia, New South Wales , Sydney

Palm Beach is a northern beachside suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Palm Beach is located 41 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Pittwater Council, in the Northern Beaches region. Palm Beach sits on a peninsula at the end of Barrenjoey Road, between Pittwater and Broken Bay. Palm Beach is sometimes colloquially referred to as 'Palmy'.