Editing Morro Bay, California (section)

===Morro Rock===
[[Morro Rock]] is a 576-ft-high (176 m) [[volcanic plug]]<ref name="Fodor's2010">{{cite book|author=Fodor's|title=Fodor's Northern California 2011: With Napa, Sonoma, Yosemite, San Francisco & Lake Tahoe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ORayPYO-TvcC&pg=PA95|access-date=December 25, 2011|date=December 21, 2010|publisher=Random House Digital, Inc.|isbn=978-1-4000-0503-1|page=80}}</ref> located at the entrance to the harbor. The descriptive term ''morro'' is common to the Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian languages, and the word is part of many place names where a distinctive and prominent hill-shaped rock formation exists.<ref>{{cite book
| last = Gudde
| first = Erwin G.
| title = California Place Names
| url = https://archive.org/details/californiaplacen0000gudd
| url-access = registration
| year = 1969
| location = Berkeley
| publisher = University of California Press
| page = [https://archive.org/details/californiaplacen0000gudd/page/212 212] }}</ref> Originally, it was surrounded by water, but the northern channel was filled in to make the harbor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://morro-bay.com/historical/photos/mby/old-photo-gallery.htm|title=Photo Gallery|publisher=Historical Morro Bay|access-date=July 17, 2016}}</ref> It was [[quarry|quarried]] from 1889 to 1969,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marquesv.com/MorroRock.html|title=Morro Rock|publisher=Marquis Publishing|access-date=July 17, 2016}}</ref> and in 1968, it was designated a Historical Landmark.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/ListedResources/Detail/821|title=Morro Rock|publisher=Office of Historic Preservation|access-date=July 17, 2016}}</ref>

The area around the base of Morro Rock is open to visitors, with parking lots and paths. Climbing the rock is prohibited<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tolosapressnews.com/rock-climber-rescued/|title=Rock Climber Rescued|publisher=Tolosa Press|date=March 4, 2015|access-date=July 17, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/2-tribes-clash-over-climbing-Morro-Rock-6143308.php|title=2 tribes clash over climbing Morro Rock|newspaper=SF Gate|date=March 18, 2015|access-date=July 17, 2016}}</ref> due to risk of injury, and because it is a [[peregrine falcon]] reserve.<ref name="Fodor's2010"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.morro-bay.ca.us/383/Morro-Rock-Beach|title=Morro Rock Beach|publisher=City of Morro Bay|access-date=July 17, 2016}}</ref> Morro Rock is one in a series of similar plugs that stretch in a line inland called the [[Nine Sisters]].{{citation needed|date=February 2016}}