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Santa Rosa Island (Spanish: Isla de Santa Rosa; Cruzeño Chumash: Wi'ma) [1] is the second largest of the Channel Islands of California at 53,195 acres (215.27 km 2 or 83.118 sq mi). Santa Rosa is located about 26 miles (42 km) off the coast of Santa Barbara, California in Santa Barbara County and is part of Channel Islands National Park .
Santa Rosa Island holds two groves of the Torrey pine subspecies Pinus torreyana var. insularis, which is endemic to the island. Torrey pines are the United States' rarest pine species. [35] The islands also house many rare and endangered species of plants, including the island barberry, the island rushrose, and the Santa Cruz Island lace pod.
Arlington Springs Man [nb 1] was an ancient Paleoindian, [1] most likely a man, [2] whose remains were found in 1959 on Santa Rosa Island, one of the Channel Islands located off the coast of Southern California. He lived about 13,000 years Before Present, making him the earliest dated adult in North America.
According to the park, the Chumash people lived on Santa Cruz Island, Santa Rosa Island, San Miguel Island and probably seasonally on Anacapa Island. They also visited Santa Barbara Island, which ...
Mammoth remains include those of Mammuthus columbi, while the remains of Mammuthus exilis have been found on San Miguel, Santa Rosa, and Santa Cruz, ranging in age from 12,840 to >47,000 YBP. The 1994 Mammuthus exilis discovery on Santa Rosa near Carrington Point, was the first example of an in situ, almost complete, articulated skeleton.
Santa Rosae had a population of pygmy mammoths (Mammuthus exilis), which became extinct roughly 13,000 years ago. On Santa Rosa Island was found the ~13,000-year-old skeleton of Arlington Springs Man, among the oldest human remains yet found in North America. As Santa Rosae was not connected to the mainland at the time, this shows that Paleo ...
Santa Rosa (Spanish for "Saint Rose") is a city in and the county seat of Sonoma County, in the North Bay region of the Bay Area in California. [10] Its population as of the 2020 census was 178,127. [8]
Santa Rosa Plaque Hampton Woods property, at the confluence of Santa Rosa Creek and Brush Creek Plaque Honoring the Legend of the Naming of Santa Rosa: chb49/ 4/27/1994 12 Hoag House 6102 Sonoma Highway Hoag House built in 1856. No longer standing. chb61/ 8/23/1995 cc22426/ 10/3/1995 Dismantled and stored by City of Santa Rosa.