The Dominator, a Greek freighter, ran ashore on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in the South Bay area of California

California

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 in 1961 due to a navigational error while lost in fog. Its remains can still be seen today, and serves as a point of interest for hikers and kayakers.

Accessing the wreck

The nearest access point is the park along the cove to the south. A different trailhead down to the beach leading to the site begins about 2 miles north along the coast on Paseo Del Mar between Via Horcada and Via Almar in Palos Verdes Estates, California

Palos Verdes Estates, California

Palos Verdes Estates is a city, incorporated in 1939, in Los Angeles County, California, USA on the Palos Verdes Peninsula. The city was masterplanned by the noted American landscape architect and planner Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. The population was 13,438 at the 2010 census, up from 13,340 in the...

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Coordinates of wreck: 33°46′26"N 118°25′42"W

External links

• A Short Hike Featuring the Dominator
• US Coast Guard List of Disaster Shipwrecks
• Images from a Hike to the Wreckage of SS Dominator
• In-depth article, images, and videos of 1961 Dominator crash activity