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  2. San Miguel Island - Wikipedia

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    San Miguel Island (Chumash: Tuqan) [1] is the westernmost of California's Channel Islands, located across the Santa Barbara Channel in the Pacific Ocean, within Santa Barbara County, California. [2] San Miguel is the sixth-largest of the eight Channel Islands at 9,325 acres (3,774 ha), including offshore islands and rocks.

  3. File:San Miguel Ranger station.jpg - Wikipedia

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    San Miguel Island, California, reserved for lighthouse purposes ... Created for Use as a Ranger Station in the Administration of the Harney National Forest January 2 ...

  5. Huge sea creature breaches as ranger is puzzled by rare ... - AOL

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    A ranger watched the waters off a California island, but it was quiet — eerily quiet. Usually, the waters off Point Bennett on San Miguel Island are teeming with elephant seals and sea lions ...

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    Nearly 150 endemic plant and animal species are unique to the islands, according to the park’s Junior Ranger booklet. Visitors can spot dolphins and, in season, migrating whales. Visitors can ...

  7. National parks in California - Wikipedia

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    San Miguel Island (Island Chumash: Tuqan) is the farthest west of the Channel Islands; it is the sixth-largest of the eight Channel Islands covering over 9,000 acres (3,600 ha), including offshore islands and rocks. Prince Island, 700 m (2,300 ft) off the northeastern coast, measures 35 acres (14 ha) in area.

  8. Channel Islands National Park - Wikipedia

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    [13] [16] Following the spill, tides carried the oil onto the beaches of the Anacapa, San Miguel, Santa Rosa and Santa Cruz islands. [16] This spill had a large impact on native wildlife of the Channel Islands. Much of the islands' seabird population was affected, with over an estimated 3,600 avians killed. Meanwhile, seals, dolphins and other ...

  9. Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary - Wikipedia

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    Channel Islands kelp forests off San Miguel Island and Santa Rosa Island. Kelp beds are difficult to spot in conventional color aerial photos but stand out clearly in this near-infrared image from Landsat data. [9] A research expedition in the sanctuary in 1989 which included trawl and sediment sampling.