Marineland of the Pacific, Oceanarium in Los Angeles County, United States.

Marineland of the Pacific was an oceanarium with zoo in Los Angeles County that housed several large saltwater and freshwater tanks as well as outdoor enclosures for marine mammals. The facility spread along the coast on an extensive site with different exhibition buildings and viewing platforms.

Marineland opened in 1954, a year before Disneyland, as the world's largest oceanarium, designed by architect William Pereira. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich bought the park in December 1986, moved orcas Orky and Corky to SeaWorld San Diego, and closed it abruptly on February 11, 1987, after projecting $2 million in yearly losses without $25 million in repairs.

In the late 1970s the park was branded Hanna-Barbera's Marineland, and strolling cartoon characters appeared alongside a new macaw show. A 1974 guide described a killer whale leaping 18 feet to take a fish from its trainer's teeth and a sea lion crooning a tune. The Baja Reef let visitors snorkel through a winding aquarium among fish and sharks.

The site sat on the Palos Verdes Peninsula coast along Palos Verdes Drive South, with the Catalina Room restaurant and its view of Catalina Island on a clear day. The Sky Tower lift rose 344 feet above the sea, and hourly boat tours left from the shore. The Baja Reef swim-through took about seven minutes in 1979.

The Sky Tower was a circular elevator ride that lifted visitors 344 feet above the sea, not a cable car over the pools. The tower stayed standing after the 1987 closure and was not demolished until 1995. The Baja Reef, a swim-through aquarium where visitors snorkeled among fish and sharks, was another feature easy to miss.