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A corroded pipeline near Refugio State Beach, California, spilled 142,800 gallons (3,400 barrels) of crude oil onto the Gaviota Coast.
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Refugio State Beach
State beach in Santa Barbara County, California
Refugio State Beach is a protected state beach park in California, United States, approximately 20 miles (32 km) west of Santa Barbara. One of three state parks along the Gaviota Coast, it is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) west of El Capitán State Beach.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Refugio oil spill
2015 pipeline leak on the coast of California
The Refugio oil spill occurred on May 19, 2015, on the Gaviota Coast in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. It contaminated one of the most biologically diverse areas of the West Coast of the United States with 142,800 U.S. gallons of crude oil. The corroded…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Gaviota Coast
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The Gaviota Coast in Santa Barbara County, California is a rural coastline along the Santa Barbara Channel roughly bounded by Goleta Point on the south and the north boundary of the county on the north. This last undeveloped stretch of Southern California coastline consists of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)