Point Conception
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Point Conception extends into the Pacific Ocean in southwestern Santa Barbara County, California. Two ocean channels meet around it, making a natural division between Southern and Central California. The Point Conception Lighthouse is at its tip.
Chumash beliefs
The ancient Chumash people of the region may have seen Point Conception as the "Western Gate," through which the souls of the dead could pass between the mortal world and the heavenly paradise of Similaqsa. Exactly how widespread this belief was within the Chumash culture is disputed by some scholars.
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