San Pedro BayUnited States
33°45′N 118°10′W
THUMS Islands
The THUMS Islands are a set of four artificial islands in San Pedro Bay off the coast of Long Beach, California. The THUMS Islands were built in 1965 to tap into the East Wilmington Oil Field.
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The THUMS Islands are a set of four artificial islands in San Pedro Bay off the coast of Long Beach, California. The THUMS Islands were built in 1965 to tap into the East Wilmington Oil Field. The landscaping and sound walls were designed to camouflage the operation and reduce noise, and they are the only decorated oil islands in the United States. The islands were named for the company who bid for original operating contract, THUMS, a consortium named after its parent companies: Texaco, Humble, Unocal, Mobil, and Shell. Since 1967, they have also been known as the Astronaut Islands, each individual island having been named in honor of an American astronaut who lost their lives in the service of NASA. Island Freeman (Theodore C. "Ted" Freeman) is named for the first astronaut to perish in active duty (piloting a T-38 Talon jet trainer). Islands Chaffee (Roger B. Chaffee), Grissom (Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom) and White (Ed White) are named after the Apollo 1 astronauts killed in a launch pad accident.
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Census, cataloged
- Major islands0
- Minor islands0
- Islets4
- Rocks & skerries0
Islets
- Island Freeman5 m · 0.06 km²
- Island White6 m · 0.05 km²
- Island Chaffee5 m · 0.05 km²
- Island Grissom6 m · 0.05 km²
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Comparative heights
- Island White: 6 m
- Island Grissom: 6 m
- Island Freeman: 5 m
- Island Chaffee: 5 m
To the same scale
Islands by area
| Island Freeman | 0.06 km² |
| Island White | 0.05 km² |
| Island Chaffee | 0.05 km² |
| Island Grissom | 0.05 km² |
Photographs
The neighborhoods of Bluff Park and Bluff Heights in Long Beach, California, looking to the southwest.
California, USA - November 2016
![500px provided description: Oil drilling rigs, hidden behind a more pleasing facade. [#sky ,#sea ,#water ,#beach ,#clouds ,#coast ,#ocean ,#black and white ,#california ,#seascape ,#long beach ,#HDR ,#oil island ,#sigma 24-105]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Hidden_In_Plain_Sight_%28191483439%29.jpeg/500px-Hidden_In_Plain_Sight_%28191483439%29.jpeg)
500px provided description: Oil drilling rigs, hidden behind a more pleasing facade. [#sky ,#sea ,#water ,#beach ,#clouds ,#coast ,#ocean ,#black and white ,#california ,#seascape ,#long beach ,#HDR ,#oil island ,#sigma 24-105]
Sailing boat in Long beach
California, USA - November 2016
Sunset in Long Beach, California, December 2013
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Facts
Photographs
- Bluff Park and Bluff Heights Long Beach California looking SW. Darkest tree / CC BY-SA 4.0
- Long Beach (31144386736). Sergei Gussev / CC BY 2.0
- Hidden In Plain Sight (191483439). Terry Lucas / CC BY 3.0
- Oil derricks off the coast of Long Beach, California, March 2018. Sergei Gussev / CC BY 2.0
- Sailing boat in Long beach - panoramio. Erwin Kreijne / CC BY 3.0
- Long Beach (30358969994). Sergei Gussev / CC BY 2.0
- Ships queuing to enter terminals in Los Angeles and Long Beach (Copernicus) (cropped). European Union, Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery / Attribution
- Ships queuing to enter terminals in Los Angeles and Long Beach (Copernicus). European Union, Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery / Attribution
- Sunset-long-beach-california. Gaëllan Sifflepignon / CC0