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Coal oil point

#1 - Coal oil point

USA, California, Santa Barbara

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If you are lucky, you may be able to see actual oil seeps as well as gas seeps, coming from the ocean floor. The oil seeps look like long black sticks from the ocean floor on calm days. These seeps make up the tar accumulation on the beach. Not the oil platforms offshore Park in IV and follow the bike trail down to the beach. Coal oil point is also known as Deveroux point.