Point Mugu, California

Mugu Rock
—  Unincorporated area  —
"Mugu Rock" at Point Mugu
Mugu Rock
Location within the state of California
Coordinates:
Country United States
State California
County Ventura
Time zone Pacific (PST) (UTC-8)
 • Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP codes 93042
Area code(s) 805
FIPS code
GNIS feature ID

Point Mugu ( /məˈɡ/), California is an unincorporated area and geographical promontory on the Pacific coast in Ventura County, near the town of Port Hueneme and the city of Oxnard. The name is believed to be derived from the Chumash Indian term Muwu, meaning beach, which was first mentioned by Cabrillo in his journals in 1542. It is also a name applied to the nearby Naval Air StationNAS Point Mugu—a test range facility known by various names over the years, including Pacific Missile Test Center and Naval Air Missile Test Center.

Mugu Rock

The Mugu Rock is a distinctive feature of the coastal headland promontory that has been featured in hundreds of film shoots and television commercials. The Rock was formed when a path for the Pacific Coast Highway was cut through the mountain. It marks a western end of the Santa Monica Mountains, and the old Rancho Guadalasca boundary.

It is a popular but dangerous place for fishing, sight seeing, cliff diving, and rock climbing up the sheer sides of the rock itself.[1] On Thanksgiving, November 27, 2008 three young men from nearby Oxnard, California were swept to sea and killed by a rogue wave while surf watching from Mugu Rock.[2]

The ZIP Code is 93042, and the area is inside area code 805.

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