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Wood pilings grouped into a pair of dolphins serving as a protected entryway to a boat basin. A dolphin is a group of pilings arrayed together to serve variously as a protective hardpoint along a dock, in a waterway, or along a shore; as a means or point of stabilization of a dock, bridge, or similar structure; as a mooring point; and as a base for navigational aids.
The Dolphin–Palmetto Interchange, also known as 826–836, is a complex four-level stack interchange in Miami-Dade County, Florida. It primarily serves as a highway interchange between SR 826 (Palmetto Expressway) and SR 836 (Dolphin Expressway), but also has ramps to surface streets such as SR 968 (Flagler Street) and SR 969 (Milam Dairy Road).
The size of the berths varies from 5–10 m (16–33 ft) for a small boat in a marina to over 400 m (1,300 ft) for the largest tankers. The rule of thumb is that the length of a berth should be roughly 10% longer than the longest vessel to be moored at the berth. [why?] Berth in Pipiriki, Wanganui River, New Zealand. Postcard. 1930s.
A marina on Harbor Island, San Diego. Harbor Island is a man-made peninsula created in 1961 from harbor dredgings, located in San Diego Bay in San Diego, California. [1] It lies between Shelter Island and downtown San Diego, and is directly across Harbor Drive from San Diego International Airport. It is 2 miles (3.2 km) long and only a few ...
The Port of San Diego is currently pursuing potential redevelopment of the Central Embarcadero. The site in consideration is approximately 70 acres of land and water that includes Seaport Village, Santa Monica Seafood (formerly Chesapeake Fish), and surrounding areas between the Manchester Grand Hyatt and the USS Midway Museum.
Miramar (Spanish for "Sea View") is a neighborhood in the northern part of San Diego, California, United States. It includes residential areas and commercial and light industrial districts. Most residents live on Marine Corps Air Station Miramar (formerly Naval Air Station Miramar).
Disney and Carnival Cruise Lines have seasonal Mexican cruises in the spring and fall, as well as a Panama Canal cruise at the end of the visit. Multiple other cruise lines use San Diego as a port of call. The Port of San Diego experienced a 44-percent growth in cruise calls between 2002 and 2006, growing from 122 to 219 calls.
When it opened in 1954, one year before Disneyland, Marineland of the Pacific was the world's largest oceanarium.The park was designed by William Pereira, whose work, which included the Transamerica Pyramid, the Los Angeles International Airport, and Geisel Library helped define the architectural look of mid-20th century California.