Why San Diego Has America s Strangest Geography

Name: Why San Diego Has America s Strangest Geography
Uploaded: 2026-10-07T14:41:37.657Z
Duration: 35 min 3 s
Channel: Americas: Geography, History and Culture
Description: San Diego geography is far stranger than the postcard — a geography documentary on the faults, fake islands, and hidden landscapes behind America's Finest City. Coronado has never been an island. There's an active earthquake fault running directly under downtown. And the Navy's entire Pacific Fleet sits on a sandbar.

Americas: Geography, History and Culture

Oct 7, 2026

San Diego geography is far stranger than the postcard — a geography documentary on the faults, fake islands, and hidden landscapes behind America's Finest City.

Coronado has never been an island. There's an active earthquake fault running directly under downtown. And the Navy's entire Pacific Fleet sits on a sandbar.