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Purisima Hills
Purisima Hills is located in California
Purisima Hills
Purisima Hills
Location in California
Geography
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
DistrictSanta Barbara
Range coordinates[1]

The Purisima Hills are a northwest-to-southeast trending low mountain range of the Outer Southern California Coast Ranges, located in Santa Barbara County, California. They divide the Santa Ynez Valley on the south from the Los Alamos Valley on the north.

They are the location of the economically important Lompoc Oil Field.

The Purisima Hills are the southernmost location in the current natural range of the coast Douglas-Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii).

References

  1. ^ "Purisima Hills". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2014-03-09.
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