Palos Verdes Hills

Palos Verdes Hills
The Palos Verdes Hills atop the Palos Verdes Peninsula, extending into the Pacific Ocean at the southwest corner of Los Angeles County.
Highest point
Elevation1,457 ft (444 m)
Geography
Palos Verdes Hills is located in California
Palos Verdes Hills
Palos Verdes Hills
location of Palos Verdes Hills in California[1]
Palos Verdes Hills is located in the United States
Palos Verdes Hills
Palos Verdes Hills
Palos Verdes Hills (the United States)
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
DistrictLos Angeles County
Range coordinates33°44′50″N 118°20′9″W / 33.74722°N 118.33583°W / 33.74722; -118.33583
Topo mapUSGS San Pedro

The Palos Verdes Hills are a low mountain range on the southwestern coast of Los Angeles County, California.[1] They lie on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, a subregion of the Los Angeles metropolitan area.

In this night-time aerial photograph of Los Angeles, San Pedro is in the center and right foreground, including part of the brightly lit Terminal Island. The dark peninsula to the left of San Pedro is Palos Verdes.

The Palos Verdes Hills are the landed end of the Channel Islands of California, a mountains formation in the Transverse Ranges System.

  1. ^ a b "Palos Verdes Hills". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 4, 2009.