Elephant Seals of Piedras Blancas

USA / California / Cambria /
 beach, interesting place, tourist attraction
San Simeon, CA 93452
(805) 924-1628
www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=26424

The Northern Elephant Seal, Mirounga angustirostris , is an extraordinary marine mammal. It spends eight to ten months a year in the open ocean, diving 1000 to 5000 feet deep for periods of fifteen minutes to two hours, and migrating thousands of miles, twice a year, to its land based rookery for birthing, breeding, molting and rest. The Piedras Blancas rookery, on Highway 1 seven miles north of San Simeon on the California Central Coast, is home to about 15,000 animals.

www.elephantseal.org/
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Elephant_Seal
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Coordinates:   35°39'43"N   121°15'24"W
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