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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 .
San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, and Anacapa Island comprise the unsubmerged portions of Santa Rosae today. This island was about 5 miles offshore. It broke up between about 11,000 and 9,000 years ago, and the present northern Channel Islands took their shape after the continental ice sheets melted and sea levels rose by about 100 meters.
Map of Channel Islands A beach in Channel Islands National Park. Channel Islands National Park is a national park of the United States, which consists of five of the eight Channel Islands off the coast of California. Although the islands are close to the shore of the densely populated state, they have been relatively undeveloped.
The National Park Service eradicated the feral pigs on Santa Rosa and Santa Cruz islands during the 1990s and on Santa Catalina Island in 2007. [ 2 ] [ 42 ] Introduced pathogens have devastated island species due to isolation from the mainland.
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 ...
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.
Natural history of the Channel Islands of California (1 C, 268 P) Pages in category "Channel Islands National Park" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
This satellite image shows the sea-water temperature variations around the Northern Channel Islands. Temperature ranges are blue = 44–52 °F (7–11 °C), green, yellow = 56–64 °F (13–18 °C), and orange, red = 65–72 °F (18–22 °C). From west to east, the islands are San Miguel, Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, and Anacapa.