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Santa Catalina Island (Spanish: Isla Santa Catalina; often shortened to Catalina Island or Catalina, and also known as Pimu [1] as the traditional name of the Indigenous people of the Tongva Tribe) is a rocky island, part of the Channel Islands, off the coast of Southern California in the Gulf of Santa Catalina. The island covers an area of ...
Part of the isthmus is occupied by the town of Two Harbors, named for two harbors on either side of the isthmus, Isthmus Cove and Catalina Harbor. Two Harbors lies on the leeward side facing Isthmus Cove. The northern part of Santa Catalina contains about one-sixth (31.7 km 2) of the entire island's land mass.
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Two Harbors, colloquially known as "The Isthmus", is a small unincorporated community island village on the island of Santa Catalina Island, California, United States, with a population of 298 (Census of 2000). It is the second center of population on the island, besides the city of Avalon. It is mainly a resort village.
Do people still live on the Channel Islands? Three Channel Islands are not part of the national park. Several thousand people live in Avalon on Santa Catalina Island, which is not part of the park.
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Established to protect and restore Catalina, the Conservancy seeks a balance between conservation and public interest. Catalina's native plant community is central to the ecosystem of the island, providing habitats that offer shelter and food to the island's endemic and native animals like the Catalina Island fox, Catalina quail, and bald eagles among many other species.
Isla Santa Catalina, officially known as Isla Catalana, [1] [2] [3] is an island in the Gulf of California east of the Baja California Peninsula. The island is uninhabited and is part of the Loreto Municipality. The island is located south of the Gulf of California and is located 25 km from the peninsula of Baja California.