United States of America
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- Central Coast Region of California, in California, United States
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- Monterey County, California
- San Luis Obispo County, California
- Santa Barbara County, California
- Big Sur
- Hearst Castle
- Central Coast AVA, a large American viticultural area
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—H.L. (Henry Lewis)
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—Charles Dickens (1812–1870)
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—Rhonda Cornum, United States Army Major. As quoted in Newsweek magazine, “Perspectives” page (July 13, 1992)
“That great America on the other side of the sphere, Australia.”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)