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Map of Channel Islands sanctuary Santa Barbara Maritime Museum. The Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary [1] is a sanctuary off the coast of Santa Barbara and Ventura counties in Southern California 350 miles (563 km) south of San Francisco and 95 miles (153 km) north of Los Angeles.
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The eight Channel Islands of California, off the west coast of North America Island Indigenous Name and Meaning Area mi 2 Area km 2 Population Census 2000 County Highest peak feet (m) Northern Channel Islands: Anacapa: Anyapakh (deception or mirage) [9] 1.14: 2.95: 3: Ventura: Summit Peak, 930 (283) San Miguel: Tuqan (unknown meaning) [10] 14. ...
Area map of the sanctuary. The coast of California is to the upper right, and the administrative centre, located on the granite outcropping, adjacent to it. The actual sanctuary is further left, and colored darker blue. Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary is a marine sanctuary located off the coast of California.
Various Native American peoples occupied the lands in and around the Southern California Bight for tens of thousands of years before the arrival of Europeans. When Spanish explorers arrived in the 16th century the Chumash people occupied the northern coastal region of the bight, as well as the four Northern Channel Islands, [4] and the Tongva (or Gabrieleño) occupied the Los Angeles Basin and ...
Entry is free to Channel Islands National Park, but visitors without boats will need to pay for the third-party ferry. One-way fares between the mainland and islands starts at $31.50 for ...
California officials on Tuesday said they will spend about $60 million to build a channel along the Yuba River so that salmon and other threatened fish species can get around a Gold Rush-era dam ...
A rarely seen deep sea fish resembling a serpent was found floating dead on the ocean surface off the San Diego coast and was brought ashore for study, marine experts said. The silvery, 12-foot ...