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Malibu, Los Angeles County, California, USAi
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Sea Arches Cut Through Miocene Sandstone Dominated Bedrock at El Matador Beach, CA.

El Matador Beach, Malibu, Los Angeles County, California, USA
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Sea Stack Formed by Resistant Coastal Bedrock, El Matador Beach, CA.

El Matador Beach, Malibu, Los Angeles County, California, USA
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Deep Erosion in Pleistocene Terrace Deposits above the Shoreline, El Matador Beach, CA.

El Matador Beach, Malibu, Los Angeles County, California, USA
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Sea Stack Showing Differential Weathering & Erosion, El Matador Beach, CA.

El Matador Beach, Malibu, Los Angeles County, California, USA
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Sea Arches Cut Through Miocene Sandstone Dominated Bedrock at El Matador Beach, CA.

El Matador Beach, Malibu, Los Angeles County, California, USA
01976040017869705595806.jpg
Sea Stack Formed by Resistant Coastal Bedrock, El Matador Beach, CA.

El Matador Beach, Malibu, Los Angeles County, California, USA
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Deep Erosion in Pleistocene Terrace Deposits above the Shoreline, El Matador Beach, CA.

El Matador Beach, Malibu, Los Angeles County, California, USA
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Sea Stack Showing Differential Weathering & Erosion, El Matador Beach, CA.

El Matador Beach, Malibu, Los Angeles County, California, USA
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Sea Arches Cut Through Miocene Sandstone Dominated Bedrock at El Matador Beach, CA.

El Matador Beach, Malibu, Los Angeles County, California, USA
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Sea Stack Formed by Resistant Coastal Bedrock, El Matador Beach, CA.

El Matador Beach, Malibu, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Area:
51 km2
Neighbouring regions:
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Type:
City
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Malibu12,965 (2017)
Las Flores6,037 (2018)
Mindat Locality ID:
223151
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:223151:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
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French:
Malibu, Comté de Los Angeles, Californie, États-Unis
German:
Malibu, Los Angeles County, Kalifornien, Vereinigte Staaten
Italian:
Malibù, Contea di Los Angeles, California, Stati Uniti d'America
Russian:
Малибу, Лос-Анджелес, Калифорния, Соединённые Штаты Америки
Simplified Chinese:
马利布, 洛杉矶县, 加利福尼亚州, 美国
Spanish:
Malibú, Condado de Los Ángeles, California, Estados Unidos
Afrikaans:
Malibu, Los Angeles County, Kalifornië, Verenigde State van Amerika
Arabic:
ماليبو , مقاطعة لوس أنجلوس, كاليفورنيا, الولايات المتحدة
Armenian:
Մալիբու, Լոս Անջելես շրջան, Կալիֆոռնիա, Ամերիկայի Միացյալ Նահանգներ
Asturian:
Malibu, California, Estaos Xuníos d'América
Basque:
Malibu, Los Angeles konderria, Kalifornia
Belarusian:
Малібу, Каліфорнія, Злучаныя Штаты Амерыкі
Belarusian (Tarashkevitsa):
Малібу, Каліфорнія, Злучаныя Штаты Амэрыкі
Bulgarian:
Малибу, Лос Анджелис, Калифорния, Съединени американски щати
Catalan:
Malibu, Comtat de Los Angeles, Califòrnia, Estats Units d’Amèrica
Corsican:
Malibù, California, Stati Uniti d'America
Czech:
Malibu, Los Angeles County, Kalifornie, Spojené státy americké
Danish:
Malibu, Los Angeles County, Californien, USA
Dutch:
Malibu, Los Angeles County, Verenigde Staten
Egyptian Arabic:
ماليبو, كاليفورنيا, امريكا
Esperanto:
Malibu, Kantono Los-Anĝeleso, Kalifornio
Faroese:
Malibu, Los Angeles County
Farsi/Persian:
ملیبو، کالیفرنیا, شهرستان لس‌آنجلس، کالیفرنیا, کالیفرنیا, ایالات متحده آمریکا
Finnish:
Malibu, Los Angelesin piirikunta, Kalifornia, Yhdysvallat
Galician:
Malibú, Condado dos Ánxeles, California, Estados Unidos de América
Greek:
Μαλιμπού, Κομητεία Λος Άντζελες, Καλιφόρνια, Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες Αμερικής
Haitian:
Malibu, Kalifòni, Etazini
Hebrew:
מליבו, לוס אנג'לס, קליפורניה, ארצות הברית
Hungarian:
Malibu, Los Angeles megye, Kalifornia, Amerikai Egyesült Államok
Indonesian:
Malibu, County Los Angeles, California, Amerika Serikat
Irish Gaelic:
Malibu, Contae Los Angeles, California, Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá
Japanese:
マリブ, ロサンゼルス郡, カリフォルニア州, アメリカ合衆国
Korean:
말리부, 로스앤젤레스군, 캘리포니아주, 미국
Latvian:
Malibu, Losandželosas apgabals, Kalifornija, Amerikas Savienotās Valstis
Lithuanian:
Malibu, Los Andželo apygarda, Kalifornija, Jungtinės Amerikos Valstijos
Luxembourgish:
Malibu, Kalifornien, Vereenegt Staate vun Amerika
Malagasy:
Malibu, Kalifornia, Etazonia
Malayalam:
മാലിബു, ലോസ് ആഞ്ചെലെസ് കൌണ്ടി, കാലിഫോർണിയ
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Malibu
Nahuatl:
Malibu, California
Newar / Nepal Bhasa:
मालिबु, क्यालिफोर्निया, संयुक्त राज्य अमेरिका
Norwegian:
Malibu, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Polish:
Malibu, Hrabstwo Los Angeles, Kalifornia, Stany Zjednoczone
Portuguese:
Malibu, Condado de Los Angeles, Califórnia, Estados Unidos
Romanian:
Malibu, Comitatul Los Angeles, California, Statele Unite ale Americii
Scots:
Malibu, Los Angeles Coonty, Californie
Serbian:
Малибу, Округ Лос Анђелес, Калифорнија, Сједињене Америчке Државе
Serbo-Croatian:
Malibu, Los Angeles County, Kalifornija, Sjedinjene Američke Države
Silesian:
Malibu, Kaliforńijo, Zjednoczůne Sztaty
Slovak:
Malibu, Los Angeles County, Kalifornia, Spojené štáty
South Azerbaijani:
مالیبو، کالیفورنیا, کالیفورنیا ایالتی, آمریکا بیرلشمیش ایالتلری
Swahili:
Malibu, California, Marekani
Swedish:
Malibu, Los Angeles County, Kalifornien, USA
Tagalog:
Malibu, Los Angeles County, California, Estados Unidos
Tajik (Cyrillic Script):
Малибу, Калифорния, Иёлоти Муттаҳидаи Амрико
Thai:
แมลิบู, เทศมณฑลลอสแอนเจลิส, รัฐแคลิฟอร์เนีย, ประเทศสหรัฐอเมริกา
Turkish:
Malibu, Los Angeles County, Kaliforniya, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
Ukrainian:
Малібу, Лос-Анджелес, Каліфорнія, Сполучені Штати Америки
Urdu:
مالیبو, لاس اینجلس کاؤنٹی، کیلیفورنیا, کیلیفورنیا, ریاستہائے متحدہ امریکا
Uzbek (Latin Script):
Malibu, Kaliforniya, Amerika Qoʻshma Shtatlari
Vietnamese:
Malibu, Quận Los Angeles, California, Chủng Quốc Hoa Kỳ
Volapük:
Malibu, Kalifornän, Lamerikän
Waray:
Malibu, Condado han Los Angeles, California, Estados Unidos
Welsh:
Malibu, Califfornia, Unol Daleithiau America
West Frisian:
Malibu , Kalifornje, Feriene Steaten
Wu Chinese:
马里布 , 加利福尼亚, 美国
Yakut:
Малибу, Калифорния, Америка Холбоһуктаах Штааттара


A populated place (city).
A beach city bordering with Santa Monica Mountains.

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4 valid minerals.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘQuartz
var. Chalcedony		4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘ4.DA.05SiO2
ⓘOpal4.DA.10SiO2 · nH2O
ⓘMelanophlogite4.DA.2546SiO2 · 6(N2,CO2) · 2(CH4,N2)
Group 7 - Sulphates, Chromates, Molybdates and Tungstates
ⓘGypsum7.CD.40CaSO4 · 2H2O

List of minerals for each chemical element

HHydrogen
Hⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
Hⓘ Melanophlogite46SiO2 · 6(N2,CO2) · 2(CH4,N2)
Hⓘ OpalSiO2 · nH2O
CCarbon
Cⓘ Melanophlogite46SiO2 · 6(N2,CO2) · 2(CH4,N2)
NNitrogen
Nⓘ Melanophlogite46SiO2 · 6(N2,CO2) · 2(CH4,N2)
OOxygen
Oⓘ Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
Oⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
Oⓘ Melanophlogite46SiO2 · 6(N2,CO2) · 2(CH4,N2)
Oⓘ OpalSiO2 · nH2O
Oⓘ QuartzSiO2
SiSilicon
Siⓘ Quartz var. ChalcedonySiO2
Siⓘ Melanophlogite46SiO2 · 6(N2,CO2) · 2(CH4,N2)
Siⓘ OpalSiO2 · nH2O
Siⓘ QuartzSiO2
SSulfur
Sⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O
CaCalcium
Caⓘ GypsumCaSO4 · 2H2O

Fossils

There are 1 fossil locality from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences1
Youngest Fossil Listed0.01 Ma (Pleistocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed0.01 Ma (Pleistocene)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Arctocephalus townsendi
species		Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Otariidae : Arctocephalus : Arctocephalus townsendi0.0117 - 0 Ma
Quaternary
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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malibu,_California
Wikidata ID:Q387047
GeoNames ID:5369907

Localities in this Region

USA

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Pacific OceanOcean
Pacific PlateTectonic Plate
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