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Trinidad Head (Yurok: Chuerewa' [2]) is a rocky promontory surrounded by sea stacks sheltering Trinidad Harbor, adjacent to the town of Trinidad in Humboldt County, California, USA, designated as California Historical Landmark #146.
Trinidad is noted for its coastline, with ten public beaches and offshore rocks, part of the California Coastal National Monument, of which Trinidad is a "Gateway City." [ 6 ] Fishing operations related to Trinidad Harbor are vital to both local tourism and commercial fishing interests in the region.
Geologically, the islands are not part of the Lesser Antilles Volcanic Arc. [1] Rather, Trinidad was once part of the South American mainland and is situated on its continental shelf, and Tobago is part of a sunken island arc chain related to the Pacific-derived Caribbean Plate. [1]
Trinidad State Beach is a state beach 20 miles (30 km) north of Eureka in Humboldt County, California. The offshore rocks are part of the California Coastal National Monument . Colorful tide pools provide specimens to Cal Poly Humboldt's Fred Telonicher Marine Laboratory located in Trinidad.
Trinidad was connected to Venezuela (as also with Tobago) during the last ice age by natural "land bridges" between them. Trinidad and Tobago are part of the continental shelf of South America, and Trinidad is, at its closest, only about 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) from the South American mainland. [2]
The island of Tobago is situated on the Tobago terrane, a section of crust bounded by the South American and Caribbean plates.It is bounded by faults formed from the Cretaceous to the present and comprises Cretaceous oceanic crust, volcanogenic and pelagic marine sedimentary rocks, late Cretaceous and Paleogene island arc volcanic rocks and overlying sedimentary rocks from the Neogene.
The ABC islands (Dutch Caribbean) and Trinidad and Tobago are geologically located on the South-American continental shelf, [8] [9] and thus may be considered part of South America as well. Panama , Ascension Island (a part of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha ) and Bouvet Island (a dependency of Norway ) may also be considered parts ...
From Point San Diego (Puerto Rico) Northward along the meridian thereof (65°39′W) to the 100-fathom line, thence Eastward and Southward, in such a manner that all islands, shoals and narrow waters of the Lesser Antilles are included in the Caribbean Sea as far as but not including Trinidad.