San Pedro Bay (California)

The San Pedro Bay is a small bay on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California in the U.S.. It is located at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, which together form the fifth largest port in the world ( according to the ports of Shanghai, Singapore, Hong Kong and Shenzhen), and the largest in the Western Hemisphere.

Seabed

Most of the bay is between ten and twenty feet deep. The seabed near Long Beach experienced a significant reduction due to the oil production in the Wilmington Oil Field since the 50s of the last century. Ironically, helped the the Port of Long Beach to surpass the Port of Los Angeles as the largest port in the United States During the 80s and 90s of the last century since the deeper seabed intention Long Beach to adapt the fairway, so that vessels with more draft could reach the port. Dredging for a gigantic new marine terminal in the Port of Los Angeles took place on both sides of the bay, in order to facilitate access for the largest existing container ships.

Islands

Natural islands in the San Pedro Bay are terminal Iceland ( currently rising watts ) at the location of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach and Mormon Iceland at the site of an unsuccessful settlement attempt by the Mormon pioneers of San Bernardino in the 50s of the 19th century. Land reclamation from Los Angeles Terminal Iceland have increased considerably, just as they have Mormon Iceland connected to the mainland. The former Deadman's Iceland was located in the southern bay, but was removed in 1928 as part of the port expansion. Four small artificial islands contain oil sources and are distributed around the bay in Long Beach. The oil rigs themselves are "hidden" behind a light colored wall. These islands, called Oil Iceland Freeman, Oil Iceland Grissom, White and Oil Oil Iceland Iceland Chaffee were named after the unfortunate NASA astronaut Theodore Freeman, Virgil Grissom, Edward White and Roger B. Chaffee.

Breakwater

A 13.6 km long breakwater extending through the bay. It has two openings, you can drive through the ships to reach the port behind him. The initial part of the western breakwater, called San Pedro Breakwater, was built in 1899-1911; the middle part was finished in the next 25 years and the Long Beach Breakwater was completed after the Second World War. The Long Beach Breakwater is the subject of a small local controversy Location: Contaminated environmental groups, including the Surfrider Foundation proposed to convert change the breakwater or remove to improve the flow of water and to leave the coast more of the environment. This distance is in contrast to owners in the harbor area, who argue that the breakwater for protection against storm damage is needed.