The Palos Verdes Peninsula is a peninsular subregion of the Los Angeles metropolitan area, located within southwestern Los Angeles County, California. It is often called simply "Palos Verdes", and is
Aerial view of the entire peninsula with its hills, looking NNE toward the city of Los Angeles
The Point Vicente Lighthouse on the Palos Verdes Peninsula and the National Register of Historic Places
Don Manuel Domínguez, a signer of the Californian Constitution and owner of Rancho San Pedro, which included all of Palos Verdes until 1846
In 1846, Rancho de los Palos Verdes was separated from Rancho San Pedro and granted to brothers José Loreto Sepúlveda (pictured) and Juan Capistrano Sepúlveda.
The Palos Verdes Hills are a low mountain range on the southwestern coast of Los Angeles County, California. They lie on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, a subregion of the Los Angeles metropolitan area. H
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.