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Centinela (other)
Centinela may refer to: * El Centinela (Baja California), a mountain west of Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico * La Centinela, an archaeological site in the Chincha Valley of Peru * Centinela Avenue, major street in the Westside region of Los Angeles County, California * Centinela Creek, Los Angeles County, California * Centinela mine, a copper and gold mine in Atacama Desert, Chile * Centinela Ridge, cloud forest area in Ecuador * Centinela Springs, a historic artesian spring * ''El Centinela'', the Spanish-language version of the ''Catholic Sentinel'' * California State Prison, Centinela See also * * Sentinel (other) * Centel, a former American telecommunications company {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Centinela (Baja California)
Mount Signal is a mountain west of Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico, on Mexican Federal Highway 2. The peak is also known as 'Weeishpa' by the native Kumiai community, 'Cerro del Centinela,' or simply, El Centinela by Mexicans. The northern slope of the mountain begins at the border between Mexico and the United States, the south side is bordered by Federal Highway 2. It has an elevation of about 781 meter and is the northernmost peak of the Cocopah mountain range or ''sierra cucapá''. Mount Signal was used by both native and pioneer explorers of the region, to guide them through the desert. The mountain is on the shield of the town of Mexicali and on the shield and flag of Imperial County, California but each from their own perspective. The song Puro Cachanilla also mentions this mountain. References {{reflist External linksOver 101 images of Mount Signal by artist Allan McCollum including Mountains of Baja California ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Centinela
La Centinela is an archaeological site in Peru which was an active administrative center during both the Inca and pre-Inca periods. History La Centinela was the Incan capital of the kingdom of the Chincha. It is "an unusual site in that it is one of the very few places where the Incas incorporated a major state installation into a preexisting, and still functioning, non-Inca capital." In 1958, Dwight T. Wallace discovered a system of straight roads emanating from La Centinela, suggesting a highly centralized pre-Incan administration. Site La Centinela lies about 200 km south of Lima Lima ( ; ), founded in 1535 as the Ciudad de los Reyes (, Spanish for "City of Biblical Magi, Kings"), is the capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón River, Chillón, Rímac River, Rímac and Lurín Rive ... in the Chincha Valley and about 1 km away from the Pacific Ocean and is surrounded by irrigated agricultural land. This means that the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centinela Avenue
Centinela Avenue is a 10.2 mile (16.4 km) major street in the Westside (Los Angeles County), Westside region of Los Angeles County, California. Geography Centinela Avenue is a major thoroughfare in Culver City, California, Culver City, Inglewood, California, Inglewood, Ladera Heights, California, Ladera Heights, Mar Vista, Los Angeles, California, Mar Vista, Santa Monica, California, Santa Monica, and West Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, West Los Angeles. It is named after the 19th century Rancho Aguaje de la Centinela, whose site of former ranchlands it passes through. Bundy Drive is named for Tom Bundy, tennis player and developer of the Miracle Mile, Los Angeles, Miracle Mile. Route The street runs primarily north–south, with a southern east–west section. Centinela Avenue is not a continuous street but is separated into northern and southern sections, with a jog connected by Ocean Park Boulevard. Northern section The northern section of Centinela Avenue is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centinela Creek
Ballona Creek (pronunciation: "Bah-yo-nuh" or "Buy-yo-nah" ) is an channelized stream in southwestern Los Angeles County, California, United States, that was once a "year-round river lined with sycamores and willows". The urban watercourse begins in the Mid-City neighborhood of Los Angeles, flows through Culver City and Del Rey, and passes the Ballona Wetlands Ecological Preserve, the sailboat harbor Marina del Rey, and the small beachside community of Playa del Rey before draining into Santa Monica Bay. The Ballona Creek drainage basin carries water from the Santa Monica Mountains on the north, from the Baldwin Hills to the south, and as far as the Harbor Freeway (I-110) to the east. Before colonization, the Tongva village of Guashna was located at the mouth of the creek. Ballona Creek and neighboring Ballona Wetlands remain a prime bird-watching spot for waterfowl, shorebirds, warblers, and birds of prey. In 1982, film critic Richard von Busack, a native of Culver Cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centinela Mine
The Centinela mine is a large open pit copper and gold mine located in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. More precisely it les in the commune of Sierra Gorda in the Antofagasta Region The Antofagasta Region (, ) is one of Chile's Administrative divisions of Chile, sixteen first-order administrative divisions. Being the second-largest region of Chile in area, it comprises three provinces, Antofagasta Province, Antofagasta, El .... As of 2023 it employed on average 9,115 workers, including contractors. It relies exclusively on desalinized water for its operation and mineral processing. In 2023, with a gold production of 5,103 kg it ranked second on gold production in Chile after Escondida. References Antofagasta Minerals Copper mines in Chile Gold mines in Chile Mines in Antofagasta Region Open-pit mines Surface mines in Chile Marubeni {{antofagasta-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centinela Ridge
Centinela Ridge is an area of cloud forest surrounded by agriculture in Ecuador Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Province which contain .... Plant species thought to be extinct have been rediscovered in the area. New species have also been discovered in the area. In 1982 the biologist Alwyn Gentry discovered more than 100 new species, but the scientific find was short lived as shortly after local farmers deforested the region cauing the extinction of most of these new discoveries. Plant species found in the area include: * Gasteranthus extinctus, once thought to be extinct. * Amalophyllon miraculum References Ecuador {{Improve categories, date=December 2024 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centinela Springs
The Aguaje de Centinela, or Centinela Springs, was a valued source of local spring water for Rancho Aguaje de la Centinela and what is now southwest Los Angeles and Inglewood, California, Inglewood in Southern California. The spring was known to prehistoric people and animals but the name ''Aguaje (geographic locale), aguaje'', meaning watering place, comes from Spanish–Mexican era of California history. Hydrology/history The springs were “known to the Indians from ancient times,” and the Mexican land grant of 1837 that encompassed the land that is today Inglewood was named after the springs, the “sentinel of waters,” thus Rancho Aguaje de la Centinela. (''Aguaje'' here means “water hole.”) The spring water was used for watering livestock and agriculture during most of the 19th century. In early days, “Water was once diverted from the runoff of Centinela Springs, from the big draw, along Grevillea Street, as far as Olive Street and thence to Oak Street. The can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catholic Sentinel
The ''Catholic Sentinel'' was the newspaper of the Archdiocese of Portland. It was published by Oregon Catholic Press, which also published ''El Centinela'', the Spanish-language version of the ''Catholic Sentinel''. The ''Catholic Sentinel'' published an online edition from 1996 to 2022. In 2022, it was announced that both the ''Sentinel'' and ''El Centinela'' would be discontinued as of October 1, 2022. History The ''Catholic Sentinel'' was started in 1869 by grocer Henry Herman and printer J. F. Atkinson in response to anti-Catholicism. After the Whitman massacre in 1847, a Protestant minister falsely accused local Catholics of inciting a band of Cayuse Indians to killing 10 Protestant missionaries. The ''Sentinel'' states it has consistently fought anti-Catholic prejudice. In 1879, editor Stephen McCormick stated:The need of a vigorous defender of the Faith in the Northwest is apparent to every Catholic who notices the numerous calumnies and slanders the ''Sentinel'' is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
California State Prison, Centinela
California State Prison, Centinela (CEN) is a male-only state prison located in Imperial County, California, approximately from Imperial and El Centro. The facility is sometimes referenced Centinela State Prison. Facilities CEN is situated on . Of its housing units, 1 Level IV GP, 2 Level III GP, 1 Level III SNY yards ("5 two tier buildings on each yard, 100 Double occupancy cells per building, razor wire cinder block/ chain link fenced perimeters and armed coverage") all surrounded by an additional electrified fence protected by two razor wire atop chain link fences and 1 Level I yard (2 buildings, open dormitory, maximum capacity of 200 inmates each, with secure chain link fence perimeter). Facility also includes a "CTC" ("Correctional Treatment Center", treating medical, dental, and mental health issues with an integrated hospital type area/ department)."ADSEG" (administrative segregation) has a maximum occupancy of 175, and a Firehouse (Centinela Fire Department, CEP is t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sentinel (other)
Sentinel may refer to: Places Mountains * Mount Sentinel, a mountain next to the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana * Sentinel Buttress, a volcanic crag on James Ross Island, Antarctica * Sentinel Dome, a naturally occurring granite dome in Yosemite National Park, California * Sentinel Mesa, in Monument Valley * Sentinel Mountain (Montana), in Glacier National Park * Sentinel Peak (Alberta) * Sentinel Peak (Antarctica) * Sentinel Peak (Arizona), a peak in the Tucson Mountains * Sentinel Peak (British Columbia) * Sentinel Range, a mountain range in Antarctica * The Sentinel, Hout Bay * The Sentinel (Zion), a sandstone summit in Zion National Park, Utah * Sentinel Rock Elsewhere * Sentinel, Arizona * Sentinel, California * Sentinel, Missouri * Sentinel, Oklahoma * Sentinel Island (other) Arts, entertainment, and media Artworks * ''Sentinel'' (sculpture), a 2000 sculpture by Tim Tolkien * ''Sentinels'' (Hudson), a 2005 public artwork by Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
